Year Book Dutchess County Historical Society
1926
Annual Meeting, third Friday in May Semi-Annual Meeting, third Friday in October MEMBERSHIP Membership in the Dutchess County Historical Society may be had by the election of the applicant by the Executive Committee, the payment of the entrance fee, and of the annual dues. Entrance fee* $2.00 Annual dues 2.00 Life membership 25.00 These payments carry with them the right to hold office, to vote and to take part in the proceedings of the society. Annual dues are payable on January 1st of each year. FORM OF BEQUEST I give and bequeath to the DUTCHESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY Dollars NOTE :-According to a by-law, adopted in 1918, "any person joining the society after November 1st of any year shall be exempt from dues for that year. Dues shall be computed for the calendar year only. Neglect to pay annual dues for two months after notification for the same by the treasurer shall be regarded as a withdrawal from the society." *By action of the Trustees in 1924, during the activities of a special membership committee, requirement of entrance fee was suspended.
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Officers 1926 PRESIDENT: William Platt Adams, Red Hook, N. Y. SECRETARY: J. Wilson Poucher, M. D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. TREASURER: Irving D. LeRoy, M. D., Pleasant Valley, N. Y. ASST. TREASURER: Mrs. George B. Waterman, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.* CURATOR: Henry Booth, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. TRUSTEES The Hon. Thomas Newbold' W. Willis Reese' Miss Helen W. Reynolds3 George S. Van Vliet3
Henry Booth" Tracy Dows2 Irving D. LeRoy, M. D.' John J. Mylod3
VICE-PRESIDENTS Town of Amenia City of Beacon Town of Beekman Town of Clinton Town of Dover Town of East Fishkill Town of Fishkill Town of Hyde Pani Town of LaGrange Town of Milan Town of North East Town of Pawling Town of Pine Plains Town of Pleasant Valley Town of Poughkeepsie City of Poughkeepsie Town of Red Hook Town of Rhinebeck Town of Stanford Town of Union Vale Town of Wappingers Town of Washington
J. E. Spingarn Mrs. Samuel Verplanck Jacob Brill William J. Browning John A. Hanna Mrs. Edward B. Stringham William E. Verplanck Franklin D. Roosevelt Joseph H. Van Wyck Darwin Morse Miss Martha Akin Taber Frank Eno J. Adams Brown James F. Baldwin, Ph.D. John S. Wilson, M. D. William S. Massonneau Douglas Merritt Wilson Carpenter Mrs. R. Theodore Coe Lenox Banks Oakleigh Thorne
3. Term expires 1927. 2. Term expires 1928. 1. Term expires 1926. *Checks for the Society may be made payable to the order of Katherine B. Waterman, Assistant Treasurer, and sent to 56 Grand Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 3
Contents Secretary's Minutes-September 29, 1925-June 29, 1926
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Treasurer's Report-December 31, 1924-October 15, 1926
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Annual Fall Pilgrimage, September 29, 1925
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The Birthday of the State, July 9, 1776
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Sesqui-Centennial, Fishkill, September 5, 1926
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Dedication of the Memorial Gates, Rhinebeck
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Where Is It
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Town Maps
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Politics in Dutchess County in 1826
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Hopewell School in 1760
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The Growth of Dutchess County in the Eighteenth Century. . . Page 27 Twenty-Four, Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie
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Clinton Point, Town of Poughkeepsie
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Marriages at Pawling, 1785-1801
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Baron Steuben-William B. Dwight
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Dutchess County Men of the Revolutionary PeriodCaptain Israel Smith-J. Wilson Poucher, 1W. D
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The Pageant of Market Street-Florence White Olivet
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Membership List
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Illustrations Pageant Group, White Plains, July 9, 1926
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View in Dutchess County
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Map of the Town of Rhinebeck, 1798
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24, Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie
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Painting of Clinton Point
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Grouped Photographs of Clinton Point
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Map of the Town of Clinton, 1797
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M;ap of the Town of Stanford, 1797
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Map of the Town of Washington, 1797
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Map of the Town of Amenia, 1797
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Secretary's Minutes ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE SEPTEMBER 29, 1925
lunch. From here they visited the. Mesier House and Park at Wappingers Falls. Hence to Swartwoutville, the old home of that staunch old patriot of the Revolution, General Jacobus Swartwout, who was Colonel Commandant of Militia. Here we enjoyed another historical sketch by Miss Reynolds and were given the freedom of the house by Mr. and Mrs. Pinckney, the present owners. We then visited the old home of Colonel John Brinckerhoff, another of Dutchess County's Revolutionary heroes. We then returned homeward, stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs.. Stringham at Fishkill Plains. This beautiful house, built early in the 18th century, known as the Ver Planck-Van Wyck house, has been occupied by members of these two distinguished Dutchess County families ever since. From here the party dispersed for their homes.
On Sept. 29th, the Society went upon its Annual Pilgrimage under the leadership of Miss Helen W. Reynolds. At ten o'clock sharp everybody collected on the summit of College Hill, where Miss Reynolds gave them an interesting and instructive talk on the various points of historical interest about the city and along both sides of the Hudson, "The Long Reach" from the Dans Kammer at the south to "Krum Elbow" at the north. From College Hill the procession of over forty automobiles wound its way down through the city past many points of historic interest, stopping at the old Rust Plaets made famous by Miss Reynolds in her book on Poughkeepsie. Here, through the courtesy of the owners, Mr. and Mrs. John Van. Benschoten, after another very interesting talk by Miss Reynolds, camped and enjoyed their basket
SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1925
The secretary reported upon the healthy growth of the Society. Miss Reynolds reported that the 1925 Year Book was about to be issued. The following thirty-three new members were elected: Mr. Peter R. Sleight, Miss Elizabeth L. Flagler, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Thew, Mrs. William H. Willis, Mrs. How-
The Semi-Annual meeting of the Society was held at Vassar Institute, Oct. 16, 1925, President Adams, presiding. The minutes of the last meeting and meetings of Trustees Were read and also a brief account of our very successful pilgrimage on Sept. 29th, in which over 150 members participated. 7
ard Scofield, Major Eugene Van Nest, Miss Olga Adams Lawson, Mrs. Robert S. L. Hadden, Mrs. Dwight R. Sedgwick, Mrs. Jay Hurd, Mrs. John H. Van de Water, Mrs. William W. Ballard, Jr.; Mrs. Cecil Parker, Mr. J. Donald Haggerty, Miss Florence W. Olivet, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert F .Hart, Mr. Oscar H. Bundy, Dr. Henry W. Berth°lf, Mr. Elmer 0. Hapeman, Mrs. Theodore C. Lundy, Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Pinckney, Miss Edna C. Albro, Miss Ruth Morgan, Mrs. Robert P Huntington, Mrs. Edwin C. Upton, Miss Bertha Budd, Mrs. John Franklin Kitts, Miss Mary A. Hart, Mrs. George D. Olivet, Mrs. May W. Husted. Mr. Edwards offered the following resolution, which was adopted: Resolved: "That the secretary of the Dutchess County Historical
Society be instructed to convey to the Rector, Wardens and Vestry of St. Paul's Church, Poughkeepsie, the sympathetic interest of this Society in the approaching observance of the ninetieth anniversary of the Church." The Society then adjourned to the Nelson House where the members partook of the usual social time at luncheon with President Adams as toastmaster. The principal speaker was Major Wm. B. Dwight, who gave a -,Tery interesting and instructive address on General Baron von Steuben, the organizer of the Army of the American Revolution. Other addresses were made by our fellow-members, Mrs. Gilbert L. Lewis and Poultney Bigelow. Secretary.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES APRIL 6, 1926
A meeting of the Trustees was held at the Amrita Club, April 6, 1926. Present: Mr. Adams, Mr. Booth, Dr. Le Roy; Mr. Van Vliet, Mr. Mylod. Various matters of interest to the Society were discussed, especially the coming sesqui-centennial celebration. The following new members
were elected: Mrs. Frank P. Hoag, Mrs. James Murray Bogle, Miss Martha W. Beckwith, Mrs. Harold K. Joseph, Miss Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Mr. Henry T. Lumb, Mr. Henry B. .Cornelius, Mrs. Gurden Swift, Miss Belle Halstead, Miss Ida Halstead, Miss Mary J. Macomber. Secretary.
ANNUAL MEETING FRIDAY, MAY 21st, 1926
The Annual Meeting of the Dutchess County Historical Society was held Friday, May 21st, 1926, at Vassar Institute, Poughkeepsie, New York, at eleven A. M.
President Adams presiding. The minutes of the fall meeting and the meeting of the Trustees were read by the Secretary. The Society then proceeded to
D., Treasurer; Mrs. George B. Waterman; Assistant Treasurer; Henry Booth, Curator; Irving D. Le Roy, M. D., Trustee; Henry Booth, Trustee; Thomas Newbold, Trustee. President Adams then resumed the chair, thanking the members for the honor bestowed upon him. The report of the Treasurer, Dr. Irving D. Le Roy, was submitted and accepted, and will be appended in other minutes. Members elected were: Mrs. Frank P. Hoag, of Wingdale, from annual to life membership; Miss Caroline Ware, Mrs. Lionel Nightingale, Mrs. George H. Landis, Mrs. Joseph Flagler, Mrs. John R. Schwartz, Lieutenant Colonel William L. Burnett, Mr. Adna F. Heaton, Professor Carl H. Tibbitts, Poughkeepsie; Mrs. Louise Barnes, Mrs. George Jennings, Miss Everetta Kilmer, Beacon; Mr. and Mrs. G. Edward Masten, Pleasant Valley; Miss Margaret Monahan, Mrs. John D. Coleman, MTS. Fred C. Taber, Mrs. Luther Benson, Pawling; Mrs. Albert W. France, Hyde Park; Mrs. William C. Sproul, Mrs. William M. Roach, Chester, Pennsylvania; Mrs. George Forbes, Elkridge, Maryland; Mr. R. Theodore Coe, La Grange, N Y. The Secretary reported that the present membership of the Society was approximately six hundred, but he declared that he was not satisfied with this *membership for Dutchess County and urged members to interest their friends. If each member should send in only one name the Society could very soon be doubled and it was only
elect officers for the ensuing year, with Mr. Mylod in the chair. The following officers were elected: William P. Adams, President; Colonel J. E. Spingarn, Vice-President, Town of Amenia; Mrs. Samuel Verplanck, Vice-President, City of Beacon; Jacob Brill, VicePresident, Town of Beekman; William J. Browning, Vice-President, Town of Clinton; The Hon. John A. Hanna, Vice-President, Town of Dover; Mrs. Edward Barnes Stringham, Vice-President, Town of East Fishkill; William E. Verplanck, Vice- President, Town of Fishkill; The Hon. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Vice-President, Town of Hyde Park; Joseph H. Van Wyck, Vice-President, Town of La Grange; John P. Fulton, VicePresident, Town of Milan; Darwin Morse, Vice-President, Town of North East; Miss Martha Akin Taber, Vice-President, Town of Pawling; Frank Eno, Vice-President, Town of Pine Plains; J. Adams Brown, Vice-President, Town of Pleasant Valley; James F. Baldwin, Ph.D., Vice-President, Town of Poughkeepsie; John S. Wilson, M. D., Vice-President, City of Poughkeepsie; William S. Massonneau, Vice-President, Town of Red Hook; Douglas Merritt, Vice-President, Town of Rhinebeck; Wilson Carpenter, VicePresident, Town of Stanford; Mrs. R. Theodore Coe, Vice-President, Town of Union Vale; Lenox Banks, Vice-President, Town of Wappingers; Oakleigh Thorne, Vice-President, Town of Washington; J. Wilson Poucher, M. D., Secretary; Irving D. Le Roy, M. 9
through the support of a large membership that the Society would be able to accomplish the important object for which it stands. Miss Helen W. Reynolds of the Year Book Committee reported satisfactory progress. The annual pilgrimage was discussed. Mr. Frank B. Howard moved that the pilgrimage committee be empowered to furnish bus accommodations for members who have no automobiles, which was carried. The President announced that Mr. Poultney Bigelow offered the Society a Mauser rifle captured from the Germans in the late war. Accepted. The sesqui-centennial was discussed. Mr. Theodore Rogers Brill suggested marking the birthplaces of Benson J. Lossing at Beekman and the Colonel Vander Burgh place at Poughquag. The suggestion was adopted by the Society and VicePresident Brill of the Town of Beekman was appointed a committee for this purpose. Mrs. Theodore de Laporte spoke on the Rhinebeck celebration. Miss Reynolds spoke on the sesqui-centennial of the events which occurred in Poughkeepsie and Dutchess County during the Revolution and offered the following preamble and resolution: Whereas: After the defeat of General Burgoyne at Sarato9:a and the failure of General Vaughan's raid up the Hudson, the river above the Highlands remained in the possession of the Americans; And whereas: With the High-
lands as a barrier to British advance from the south, Dutchess County was from 1777 to 1783 the seat of civil and military affairs; Be it resolved: That the state historian, in charge of plans for the observance of the one-hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the Revolutionary period be and hereby is requested to make suitable provision for recognition of the fact that from 1777 to 1783 Poughkeepsie was the capitol of the State of New York, the residence of the governor and the scene of the sessions of the legislature; that Fishkill was the center of the continental army, with officers' headquarters, an encampment of troops, a soldiers' hospital and a military prison; while the road across the county was the allimportant route of communication between New England and the Dutchess furthermore, South; County furnished many soldiers, a large proportion of the provisions used by the army and paid more in taxes than any other county in the state. Mr. Mylod moved that the Society contribute one hundred dollars to be used to help defray expenses of the various sesqui-centennial celebrations, urging that the historical committee furnish an appropriate float for the Fourth of July parade. Motion adopted. The Secretary reported the following resignations: Dr. E. R. Richie, Brewster, New York; Miss Mary Lewis, Annandale, New York. The Secretary reported the following members had died since the 10
last meeting: Mrs. Irving D. Le Roy, Pleasant Valley, New York; Professor Charles Colton, Pleasant Valley, New York; Mr. Edgar Briggs, Pleasant Valley, New York; The Reverend Edward P. Newton, Hyde Park, New York; Dr. Henry. A. Gribbon, Poughkeepsie, New York; Dr. Walter G. Ryon, Poughkeepsie, New York; Professor J. Leverett Moore, Poughkeepsie, New York. It was moved and carried that the Fall Meeting be held at Rhinebeck. The Society then adjourned to the Nelson House where one hun-
dred and fifty members partook of luncheon. President Adams presided as toastmaster. After luncheon, the Reverend Frederick S. Arnold addressed the Society on the subject, "Historical Values." Miss Martha W. Beckwith of Vassar College spoke on old folk lore and folk songs which are fast disappearing from our communities At the close of her address, several of the old folk songs of the colonial period were admirably interpreted by three of her young pupils. Secretary.
MEETING OF THE TRUSTEES TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1926
A meeting of the Trustees of the Dutchess County Historical Society was held at the Amrita Club on Tuesday, June 29, 1926; present: Mr. Adams, Miss Reynolds, Mr. Mylod, Mr. Van Vliet, Mr. Booth, Mr. Dows and the Secretary. After discussion, it was moved and seconded the Annual Pilgrimage in the Fall be made this year in the northeastern portion or the county and that the President, M. Adams, be empowered to appoint a Pilgrimage Committee. A resolution was passed that: the Assistant Treasurer, Katherine B. Waterman, is hereby authorized to draw checks upon the account of the Society with the Poughkeepsie Trust Company, to pay
bills and to collect and deposit dues; and further that the Assistant Treasurer is hereby authorized to pay the honorariums of the Assistant Secretary and Assistant Treasurer in June and January in semi-annual payments on the basis of $100.00 a year to the Assistant Secretary and $50.00 a year to the Assistant Treasurer. Members elected were: Mr. James A. Kerr, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.; Mr. Richard F. Maher, Dover Plains, N. Y.; Henry Richard Van Vliet, 2nd, Staatsburg, N. Y.; Stephen Olin Dows (life member), Rhinebeck, N. Y.; Mr. and Mrs. John H. Hinners, New Hackensack, N. Y. Secretary.
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TREASURER'S REPORT The Year Book for 1925 contained the report of the treasurer, Irving D. Le Roy, M. D., for the year ending December 31, 1924, the report having been presented at the annual meeting of the society on May 15, 1925. The report was prepared by Mrs. Le Roy, who since the organization of the society had rendered invaluable and devoted service to it in assisting Dr. Le Roy in the duties of the office of treasurer. In 1926 the society suffered a great loss in the death of Mrs. Le Roy. At the annual meeting in May, 1926, in order to lighten Dr. Le Roy's cares, it was voted to appoint an assistant to the treasurer and Mrs. George B. Waterman was elected
to the position. Mrs. Waterman took over the books on July 1, 1926, at which date there was a balance on hand in the bank of $1,274.37 in the current account and $501.31 in the permanent account. Mrs. Waterman was authorized to act for Dr. Le Roy, to send out dues-bills, collect dues, pay bills, etc. Checks should be made payable to the order of Katherine B. Waterman, assistant treasurer and sent to: Mrs. George B Waterman, 56 Grand Avenue, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mrs. Waterman's report of receipts and disbursements from July 1, 1926 to the semi-annual meeting on October 15, 1926, is given below.
RECEIPTS Received from and agreed by the Poughkeepsie Trust Co., July 1, 1926 $1,274.37 Received from dues to date 97.00 Received from interest to date 3.47 $1,374.84
Total receipts DISBURSEMENTS Frank B. Howard, bal. bill 1925 year book $18.00 Ambler-Matteson, treasurer's book 1.15 Ambler-Matteson, treasurer's rubber stamp 1.00 Lansing-Broas, reply postals and bill heads. . 19.40 Dr. J. Wilson Poucher, salary asst, secretary, and two luncheon tickets 32.00 Mrs. G. W. Waterman, half-year salary, asst. treasurer 25.00 John Mylod, postage notices Sept. 15, 1926 pilgrimage. 12.50 Miss Reif, typewriting minutes and accts. for Year Book, 1926 6.00 Frank B. Howard, Year Book engraving 38.80 12
Expenses of coach, July 4, 1926 parade
93.73 $ 247.58
Total disbursements
$1,127.26 Balance in Bank, October 15th, 1926 Respectfully submitted, KATHERINE B. WATERMAN, Assistant to the Treasurer. Permanent account, created by life memberships of $25.00, July 1st, 1926, amounts to $501.31.
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ANNUAL FALL PILGRIMAGE SEPTEMBER 29, 1925
The annual pilgrimage of the Dutchess County Historical Society for 1925 took place on the 29th of September and was favored by good weather and a large Arrangements had attendance. been made in advance by the committee, Mr. William Willis Reese and Miss Helen W. Reynolds, and the time schedule, parking provisions and camping spot for luncheon all proved satisfactory. Cordial hospitality was extended the pilgrims on their travels by Mr. and Mrs. John Van Benschoten, Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Pinckney, Mrs.
Francis Scott and Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Stringham, all of whom were the owners of places of historic interest and to all of whom acknowledgements are gratefully recorded here. It should be noted also that the Sheriff of the County had decorated the County Court House with flags in honor of the salute the Society gave in passing to the site whereon the Federal Constitution was ratified. A copy of the printed program for the pilgrimage and a list of those who signed the attendance register are appended below.
Annual Pilgrimage DUTCHESS COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY September 29, 1925 Pilgrims assemble: 10:00 a. m., ing; at Washington Street, right (on King's Highway) to Main; summit of College Hill Park, Welcome from left on Main (King's Highway) to Poughkeepsie. Mayor of Poughkeepsie, Mr. Love- corner of Market; pass Court lace. Short talk by leader of pil- House, on site of former building in which New York ratified the grimage, Miss Reynolds. Constitution of the United States; Route of Pilgrimage, at 25 blow horn in passing; continue miles per hour: Leaving park, right on North down Market (the King's HighClinton; left on Parker Avenue; way). 1st stop. Residence of Mr. John left on Washington Street to the Van Benschoten. Visit site of creek. Uppuqui-ipis-ing (Poughkeepsie). At the Val Kil (Fallkill) take lower bridge; cross the fording- Short talk by leader. After talk place on the King's Highway and the Pilgrims have permission from Mr. Van Benschoten to partake of ' blow horn in passing. Continue: North Bridge Street their basket lunch on his lawn. Pilgrims are requested to leave (the original King's Highway) to Mill; left on Mill (the King's lawn in good order. Highway) ; pass No. 226, the site 2nd stop. From Mr. Van Benof the house built by Baltus Van schoten's south on the King's Kleeck in 1702; blow horn in pass- Highway to Nresier house, Wap14
pingers Falls. Cars will park on the east and north and west sides of the square. Pilgrims assemble at front porch. Short talk. Visit house. 3rd stop. From Mesier house to house of General Jacobus Swartwout; south on the King's Highway to the second left turn. Left to four corners. Right to Swartwoutville. Short talk. Visit house, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. Pinckney. 4th stop. From Swarti,vout house, south to first right turn. Continue to house of Colonel John Brinckerhoff, now home of Mrs. Francis Scott. Short talk. Visit house. 5th stop. From Brinckerhoff house, turn right; continue, following leader, on dirt road to Fishkill Plains, to the Verplanck-Van Wyck house, now the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Stringham. Short talk. Visit house. Pilgrims disperse for home from this point.
Edwards, Miss A. L. Elliott, Mr. Harry Harkness Flagler, Miss Elizabeth Lamont Flagler, Mr. Benjamin M. Fowler, Mr. Frank L. Gardner, Miss Nina C. Gardner, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Germond, the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Herge, Miss Mary A. Hart, Mrs. F. H. M. Hart, 1VIIrs. Herbert F. Hart, Mrs. H Reed Hawley, Miss Dorothy Hawley, the Hon. Frank Hasbrouck, Mr. and Mrs. George S. Halstead, Mr. Geo. D Halstead, Miss Ruth Halstead, Miss Caroline E. Haviland, Mr. John M. Ham, Mr. C. Ham, J. F. Ham, Mrs. F. P. Hoag, Mrs. Chas. Hoag, Mr. Samuel W. Hover, Miss Mary H. Haldane, Mrs. Robert Johnston, Mrs. Harold K. Joseph, Mr. Elbert Knapp, G. 0. Knapp, Mrs. C. A. Ketham, Mrs. John H. Keane, Dr. and Mrs. G. A. Knapp, Dr. and Mrs. Irving D. Le Roy, Mrs. Theodore Lundy, Miss Alice Lawton, Miss Jessie Lewis, Dr. and Mrs. D. H. Mackenzie, Mrs. Elias G. Minard, Mr. Douglas Merritt, Miss Ethel D. Merritt, Miss Caro-. line V. Merritt, Mrs. George Merritt, Martha Hoag Mead, Mr. John J. Mylod, Miss Mary Mylod, the Rev. E. P. Newton, Mrs. George D. Olivet, Miss Florence W. Olivet, Mrs. George L. Osborne, Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Poucher, Miss Anne L. Poucher, Mrs. Cecil Parker, Miss Julia Parker, Dr. A. L. Peckham, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pray, Mrs. Harry Roake, Mrs. Louise Richmond, Miss Julia Reed, Clarinda C. Richards, Mr. and Mrs. William Willis Reese, Miss Helen. W. Reynolds, Mrs. Frank L. Scofield, Mr. Peter R. Sleight, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Mrs. Albert A.
PILGRIMAGE REGISTER Mr. William P. Adams, Miss Katherine E. Adams, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Abel, Miss Edna C. Albro, Mrs. R. W. Andrews, Mrs. J. Newton Boyce, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Briggs, Mrs. Samuel H. Brown, Albertine Buckley, Mrs. Elma Clapp, Mrs. R. Theodore Coe, Mrs. F. M. Coffin, Mrs. Homer A. Coon, Mrs. Stephen H. Cutler, Mrs. Arthur de Garis, Mr. Charles de la Vergne, Mrs. Charles de la Vergne, C. M. de la Vergne, C. Meredith de la Vergne, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Drake, Miss Marion F. Dutcher, Miss Laura Jay 15
Nellie R. Vincent, Mrs. Frank Van Kleeck, M. Baltus B. Van Kleeck, Mrs. Herbert S. Vanderberg, Mrs. Frank H. Van Houten, Mrs. James E. Van Houten, Mrs. Samuel Verplanck, Mrs. George B. Waterman, Mrs. William F. Wey, Mrs. Henry S. White.
Swift, Mrs. Albert A. Simpson, Mr. Henry B. Schryver, Mr. and Mrs. Sumner V. Spurling, Mrs. Howard R. Scofield, Mary E. Schmidt, Martha A. Schmidt, Mr. Henry P. Titus, Mrs. Helen Ten Broeck, Clifton Traver, Mrs. Edwin C. Upton, Mr. George S. Van Vliet, Mr. and Mrs. T. 0. Vincent,
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THE BIRTHDAY OF THE STATE JULY 9, 1776
On July 9, 1776, a convention of the Province of New York, held at White Plains, ratified for New York the Declaration of Independence adopted at Philadelphia on July fourth. On July 9, 1926, a pageant was enacted at White Plains, reproducing the scene in the convention of one hundred and fifty years before. In the original convention there were present forty-two delegates from ten collnties. Citizens of White Plains of to-day impersonated the delegates and re-enacted the proceedings of the convention. By special invitation the ten counties -represented in 1776 were represented in 1926' by "Honor Guests". Dutchess County was officially present in the persons of Mr. William Platt
Adams, Mr. Joseph H. Van Wyck, Mr. John M Ham, and Mr. John Sackett as honor guests and other members of the Historical Society attended as individuals. Through the courtesy of the President, Mr. Adams, the Year Book contains a photograph of the cast of the pageant, taken on the steps of the armory at White Plains at the close of the presentation, and attention is called to the fact that the actors, numbered n the photograph as one, four, six and nine, impersonated the delegates sent by Dutchess to the convention of 1776. The original delegates were Zephaniah Platt, Henry Schenck, Nathaniel Sacket and Dr. Joseph Crane.
SESQUI-CENTENNIAL, FISHKILL SEPTEMBER 5, 1926
On September 5, 1776, the Convention of the State of New York, convened in Fishkill, Dutchess County, having been obliged to leave Westchester County (where the delegates to the Provincial Convention had previously sat) because of the near approach of the British forces. The one hundred and fiftieth anniversary was celebrated at Fishkill on September 5, 1926, and under a committee of which Mr. William E Verplanck was chairman the whole community was represented in an interesting program. Services were held in the morning in Trinity church, Fishkill (where the convention of
1776 began its sessions) and in the afternoon in the Dutch church (to which the delegates later adjourned.) Also in the afternoon memorial services for the soldier dead, buried at Fishkill were held and Mount Gulian, the home of Mr. Verplanck at Beacon (where the Society of the Cincinnati was organized), was thrown open for the reception of many guests. Included among those who spoke at the church services were the Rev. H. L. Thomas and the Rev. Dr. Herge, Mrs. Samuel Verplanck and Mr. John Jay Chapman (whose ancestor, John Jay, was the leader in the convention of 17
1776). At Mount Gulian, William Platt Adams, president of the Dutchess County Historical Society, served as chairman, Mr. James Meyer as secretary and ad-
dresses were made by the host, Mr. Verplanck, by the Honorable Hamilton Fish and by Miss Helen Wilkinson Reynolds.
Dedication of the Memorial Gates, Rhinebeck, N. Y.1 Never was there a fairer day than July fifth, 1926 when. the citizens of Rhinebeck and their friends met at the entrance of the local cemetery for the dedication of the Memorial Gates erected by Chancellor Livingston Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution, to commemorate the valor of those men from the old Rhinebeck Precinct who risked their lives and their fortunes to establish American Independence and to those who in the late war answered the call of their country. The memorial was designed by Delano and Aldrich of New York. The deep recess is of stone matching the cemetery wall and brings to the front two magnificent elm trees between which the driveway curves. The four posts are of granite, the center ones topped with polished urns of black granite. On the outer posts are bronze crusader swords, and on the center ones the bronze tablets, the work of the Gorham Company. The tablets read as follows: 1926 1776 Our Sires In memory of General Richard Montgomery Col. Henry B. Livingston Col. Fred. H. deWeissenfels Major John Pawling and Other officers and men from the Rhinebeck Precinct Patriots All To whom we owe the glorious gift of 18
American Independence "One generation shall praise thy works to another" (Insignia) 1917 1926 Our Sons In Memoriam Corp. George Bell Pvt. Roy Traver Crusius Pvt. Edward A. Fitzpatrick Lieut. Arthur Haen Pvt. Alfred W. Lane 2nd Lieut. Geo N. Miller, Jr. Corporal Guy Pinder Henry M. Suckley They with many noble comrades have "Kept the Faith" in American Ideals Our Loving and grateful tribute Chancellor Livingston Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Rhinebeck, New York 1926
Four children in colonial dress unveiled the tablets. The programme which follows gives the history of the day. SINGING-America Audience led by Rev. R. C. Penney and Lea L. Stewart, Jr., official bugler of Boy Scouts Rev. R. C. Penney INVOCATION . SALUTE TO THE FLAG, Led by Miss Albertina Traver, Capt. Girl Scouts PRESENTATION AND DEDICATION OF THE MEMORIAL GATES, Mrs. Theo. de Laporte in behalf of Chancellor Livingston Chapter D. A. R. 19
UNVEILING OF THE TABLETS, Miss Eleanor J. Strong Master Douglass Cookingham Miss Helen Reed Hill Master Walter Scott Heard, Jr. ACCEPTANCE OF THE GATES, Mr. William Platt Adams in behalf of the Rhinebeck Cemetery Association. DEDICATORY ADDRESS, Mrs. Charles White Nash, former N. Y. State Regent Mr. J. M. Gardner of Rhinebeck ADDRESS . Rev. Gabriel Farrell, Jr. PRAYER AND BENEDICTION Bugler Lea L. Stewart, Jr. TAPS .
Following the exercises at the Gates a luncheon served at the home of the Regent by Chancellor Livingston Chapter to their members and guests brought to a close a day long to be remembered. Helen Reed de Laporte.
Where Is It? either a stream or a pond. Beyond the water, meadow flats lie at the base of the wooded ridge. In Dutchess County such ridges are numerous and usually run north and south. The church in the middle-distance and the several houses are grouped near a road junction and near the small bit of water. The whole scene suggests the central and eastern portions of Dutchess and the picture was apparently made about 1850. Is the "view" in the Clove? Or at Amenia?
At a recent auction sale in New York City a colored lithograph, published by Currier and Ives of New York and entitled: "A View in Dutchess County," was purchased by Mr. Franklin D. Roosevelt, vice-president of the Dutchess County Historical Society for the town of Hyde Park. The print is reproduced in this issue of the Year Book through Mr. Roosevelt's courtesy and in the hope that some member of the society will be able to identify the "view". It should be noted that in the middle-distance in the picture is a bit of water, which could be
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WHERE IS
Town Maps In 1797 and 1798 surveys and maps were made of several of the towns of Dutchess County. The original maps are filed in Albany but they have been seldom used by students of county history and are exceedingly valuable today as untouched source material, affording varied information about the county. The maps of Poughkeepsie and Beekman, made in 1798, were published in 1924, the former in the Collections of the Dutchess County Historical Society, volume one (entitled Poughkeepsie, the Origin and Meaning of the Word;) the latter in the Year Book of the
Society. The society's Year Book for 1925 contained the map of Fishkill (1798) and this issue for 1926 provides the maps of Rhinebeck (1798), Clinton, Stanford, Washington and Amenia (1797). The last four towns constitute one large map, too large to reproduce as one, and which has therefore been divided into four parts for presentation here. On the margins of the original map keys are provided for the numbers shown on the map itself. The keys (with the endorsement of the map) are given below.
Endorsement and Key A map of the Towns of Clinton, Stanford, Washington and Amenia laid down for and in behalf of the Supervisors of Said Towns, to wit: Richard dCantillon, Supervisor of the Town of Clinton, Zachariah Mosher, Supervisor of the Town of Stanford, Ebenezer Mott, Sup ervisor of the Town of Washington and Edmund Per Lee, Supervisor of the Town of Amenia. By me Jacob Smith December 1797 Reference to the Plan of the Town of Clinton: 1. Richard dCantillon, Store, Dock, Dwelling house, Grist and Saw mills, Several other Dwelling houses and out houses. 2. the Seat of Doctor Samuel Bard. 3. do fulling Mills and Saw Mills
4. Stoutsburgh church free for any Religious denomination 5. the Seat of John Johnston Esqr 6. the Seat of Col William Barber 7. Rogers Grist and Saw Mills 8. Barnet Gay tavern 9. the Mansion House of the Late Judge Stoutenburgh 10. Doctor Samuel Bard Store 11. Dutton's Tavern Hyde Park 12. Conners Tavern 13. house and Saw Mill on the Estate of the Late Peter De Witt Decd 14. Judge Lewis Seat 15. the Seat of B Livingston 16. Store house at Uhls 17. Capt (?) Hewes house 18. Joseph Furman's House an Store 19. John Dewitt's House GristMill Saw Do &c 21
20. Ben Gazely Tavern 21. Carpenters Mills Grist and Saw mills 22. Rudolf VanHovenburgh house & Store 23. Smith Peters iiouse & Store 24. Wilson Allen Store 25. Friends Stone Metting house 26. Abel Peters house & Store 27. Ahaswarus Ellsworth Store 28. Abel Peters Saw Mill 29. Daniel Beadle grist Mills 30. Do Saw Do 31. Major Peter Stoutenburgh house 32. John Teller's grist Mill Store & house 33. Zeno Carpenter's grist Mill and house 34. John Gazeleys grist & Saw Mills & house 35. Baptist meeting house 36. Isaac Lameraux house 37. Jonathan Owen house & Store 38. Richard DCantillon farmhouse 39. friends new meeting house 40. James W. Stoutenburg Mills 41. Scidmore Store & gorton Tavern 42. John Stoutenburgh house 43. John Schriver Store 44. Jacobus Stoutenburgh house 45. Henry Ostrom fulling mill 46. Jacob Everson house & Belding house & Store 47. Jacob Duryea house & Mills 48. Prespeterian meeting house 49. Doctor Ely Saw & Grist Mills 50. Owen Ward Saw Mills 51. John Newcomb Grist & Saw Mills 52. Samuel Smith Tavern 53. Peter Germond's Tavern 54. Timothy Beadle Store & Tavern
55. Judge Blooms house Store & Mills 56. Hibernia Mills 57. Jacob Smith house 58. New Stone Bridge 59. old Stone Bridge 60. Travers Saw Mill 61. Doctor Bards Grist & Saw Mill on the Crumelbow Creek 62. Joshua Nelsons Saw Mill 63. Henry Vanderburgh Saw Mill 64. Cornelus Ostrom Fulling Mill 65. Henry Marshals Saw Mill 66. John Allen Esqr house 67. Evert Degraff Tavern 68. Meeting house in the Hollow free for any Religious Denomination Reference to the Plan of the Town of Stanford 1. Joseph Deuel Grist Mill & Saw Do 2. Aliens & (Bartons? Barkers?) Grist and Saw Mills fulling Do 3. Henry Hull Saw Mill 4. Hustead Grist and Saw Mills 5. Baptist meeting house 6. Joel Southerland Grist and Saw Mills 7, Veail Saw Mills 8. Southerland Grist Mill Saw Do Bangall 9. Enos Talmage Saw Mill Still and Store 10. Reuben Head Grist mill 11. Methodist meeting house 12. Ezra Thompsons house 13. Ezra Thompson Still 14. Bullock Saw Mill 15. Jeremiah Sherrel Still 16. Germond Store & Tavern at attlebury 17. Thomas Duncan house 18. House Late Barnet Miller 22
19. Cold Spring 20. the house of Doctor Bartain 21. Parks Store and Tavern 22. Store Late Vosburgh 23. Tediman Hulls House Reference to the plan of the Town of Washington 1. Phillip Hearts Grist Saw and fulling Mills & Tavern 2. Moser Grist and Saw Mills 3. Lawton Saw Mill 4. Doctor Ben Delevergn house 5. Jacocks Tavern and Haight Store 6. Brick Friends Meeting house 7. Friends Large School house 8. William thorne Store at Mechanick Town 8. Pains Grist Mill Filkin Town 9. Titus Grist Mill 10. Joseph Hollond Tavern and Capt. Allen house 11. the Seat of David Johnston Esqr 12. Mabbits Grist and fulling Mills 13. Mabbits Store 14. Lawrence Belding house 15. Col Rufus Herrick house 16. Underhill Mills 17. Dutchers Mills 18. Simeon Losee Saw Mill 19. Isaac Griffin Saw Mill 20. Capt Roger Southerland Tavern 21. Barnadus Germond Tavern 22. Williams Tavern 23. William Gortons House & Deer park. Reference of the Plan of the Town of Amenia 1. Barnibas Paine Esq. House, Grist & Saw Mills 2. Hibard store
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3. Red Meeting house and Wardwell Store 4. Benjamin's store 5. Capt. Noah Wheeler house and grist mills 6. Neally store 7. Major Edmund Perley House 8. City Meeting house 9. Ichabet Paine grist mills 10. Benton and Owen fulling mill 11. Hitchcock's store 12. Capt. James Read gristmills 13. Elijha Barlow's store 14. Gedian Castle store 15. Abiah Palmer store 16. Thomas Williams store 17. Yellow meeting house 18. Lewis Delevergne House and mills 19. The Mansion house of the late Judge Pain 20. John Drakes grist mills 21. Jacob Johnston grist saw and fulling mills 22. Ruin of the old steel Work(?) 23. Semor Mordock mills 24. Galers still 25. Pugsley stills 26. Van Dusers tavern 27. Gedion Castle saw mills 28. Isaac Smith's house and store 29. Platt Smith house and store 30. Van all Stine Grist and fulling Mills 31. Jacob Bockee Lead Mine 32. Jacob Bockee house 33. Ezra Briant Saw Mills Laid down by a Scale 40 chains to an inch By Jacob Smith December 1797
Politics In Dutchess County In 1826 Just a century ago, Dr. Robert Noxon of Poughkeepsie wrote a letter to his son (Bartholomew Davis Noxon) which chanced to be preserved by his descendants and which has recently been presented to the Dutchess County Historical Society by Miss Helen Van Kleeck of Poughkeepsie. Dr. Noxon (born 1750, died 1833) lived in a stone house on Market Street, built in 1741 by his father, Bartholomew Noxon; a house which is now known as number eighty-one and which has recently been built over into apartments. Dr. Noxon's letter mentions several names v7ell known in the history of the county and encloses a copy of a song sung in connection with the campaign before a hotly contested election. The words are doggerel but the references to former citizens may be of interest to some of to-day and hence a few of the many stanzas are given below in company with Dr. Noxon's letter itself. o — o — Letter, addressed to: B. Davis Noxon Esqr, Onondago C. H Poughkeepsie Novbr 9th-1826 Dear Son I have waited until the close of our Election to inform you of the glorious victory the people of Dutchess have obtained over the Bucktails—the contest has been very hard fought by both parties throughout the county-930 votes taken in this Town Oakly had a Majority of 4 over Judge Pendleton for Member of Congress; the average Majority of the assembly Ticket in favor of the people will be about (50?) but strange to tell Rochester had in this Town 30 above Clinton & Pitcher 35 above Hunting but the governor votes in other Town are very different so that the peoples Ticket will give Clinton perhaps 60 majority (Congress?) the same Mr. T V Kleeck has been very active, Richd D. Davis exceedingly so and has done much for the people I should be glad to hear that Onondago done as well as old Dutchess, the senator we most likely shall loose as he did not get a regular nomination the Bucktails in this Town expecting 24
at least a majority of 100 make long faces here Beekman did well as usual gave our Ticket a Majority of 280—it is said N. York will not do as well for Clinton as was expected, but we suppose his Election sure Mr. T V Kleeck says I must send you a song, sung the first evening of the Election said to be the composition of Richd D. Davis and sung with much glee by Harry Powers—so far has been a fine fall frequent rains but not much fallen wheat & flourishing old corn 71 new 5, oats 43, barly 8; Rye 51 the farmers look up Mr. Henry Davis has been very much unwell for 2 or 3 weeks past, is now getting well the rest of your friends and connections here are as well as usual Revd Edward Davis set off day before yesterday for Platsburgh where he has an expectation of settling I think he will do honour to the profession— Judge Emott has given his daughter a farm in Ballstown on which her Mother formerly lived— they all appear happy and well pleased, his Mother and father are not wel pleasel at his going to Plats Burgh, but he thinks there is not any so good prospect at present for him, he is warmly selicited to come my health has been quite good this fall once a while a little tooth ache—which grumbles a little at present— may I with gratitude be thankfull for the many blessings I enjoy from the hand of divine providence and be prepared to meet my God whenever he sees fit to call me— I hope you will be able to come down at least once more and see an aged parent— a letter from Laura Ann today says she is very well & shall come up again before winter & pay me a visit, Tappen is very busy now engraving for Henry Bostwick—the arcade is rapidly going on and will be done in January & its prospects are said to be flattering your mama says in love to you, Sally Ann & the children & says you must write soon Your father friend &well wisher Robert Noxon A NEW REPUBLICAN SONG FROM MILAN John Anderson my jo John In truth we are all alive The election now is coming on, And Liberty shall thrive
Werever heart and hand my John Our blood begins to glow We'll meet them and we'll beat them John Anderson my jo 25
John Anderson my jo John Our spirits fairly rise We're sons of our great Washington There all the honor lies De Witt is strong and good my John And talented we know We'll meet them and we'll beat them John Anderson my Jo John Anderson my Jo John We'll shew them noble sport Success to Henry Huntington And Belknap we'll support Tom Oakley is our Man John To Congress he shall go We'll meet them and we'll beat them John Anderson my Jo John Anderson my Jo John Our Delegates don't vary; We've Elmendorf & Livingston And Samuel B. and Cary
These men are true as steel John In honour's path they go We'll meet them and we'll beat them John Anderson my Jo. John Anderson my Jo John There's Woodward Ben to spite us And wooden Steve and wooden John And wooden Oby Titus And then forsooth my honest John Comes Pendleton the Beau We'll meet him and we'll beat him John Anderson my Jo John Anderson my Jo John As Peter R. believes This Jacky Dandy Pendleton Is one of Forty Thieves And now I say my honest John A sniping he may go We'll meet him & we'll beat him John Anderson my Jo
Hopewell School In 1760 Mrs. Ernest Clapp of New Paltz, daughter of the late T. Van Wyck Brinckerhoff of Upper Hopewell, Dutchess County, has loaned the Historical Society a document, which is of interest in particular as bearing witness to the date at which a transition was occurring from the use of Dutch in the common speech to the use of English. The document reads as follows: DUTCHESS COUNTY DECEKBER the twenty seventh one thousand seven Hundred and Sixty then wee the subscribers Agreed to Hijer a School master to teach an Inghlish Schoule to Read wright and sipher for one whole year, that is one quarter night Schoul in the year, for the sum of thirty eight pounds for the year, and each Child subscribed for shall pay an Equal Shear, and each Child Subscribed for shall Draw an Equal Shear of the Benifet of the night Schoull and Incom Schollers, and If any of the Schollers Subscribed for should Dye and the subscriber could not mack Up another in the Steed then all the Schollers to Bair an Equal Burden of the Decd Scholler or Schollers, and Every Subscriber to Bring an Equal Shear of 26
firewood for the Schollers he Subscribed for, to supply the Schoul Convenient with Fire wood Unto which we Enterchaingaby Set Our hands and the number of Schollers or order to Be Set Abraham Adriance 2 Schollers Henry Wiltse 2 Scollers Isaac Adriance 2 Schollers 12/ Pet( ? ) asi( ? )an.sen 3 Schollers Gore Storm 1 Scholler Gerret Storm 3 Scholler Jurrey Emoch 2 Schollers Joseph Horton 2 Schollers Johannes Wiltse 1/2 Document endorsed on outer side: "the Articals of the Schoull to be kept by Derick Hagomans in that Schoull House."
The Growth of Dutchess County in the Eighteenth Century When Dutchess County was first set up it was made dependent upon Ulster for civil administration. Ulster had been in existence as a civil unit for some time and had the machinery of government in running order and the connection between the two counties lasted until 1713, when Dutchess had acquired sufficient population to make it possible for her to conduct her affairs for herself. This state of dependency of Dutchess upon Ulster has frequently been emphasized in published accounts of the two counties but always without the companion fact that, some years after the connection was severed, Dutchess forged ahead of Ulster in population and became in 1771 the second county in the Province of New York. The omission has left behind an implication of inferiority that is untrue to fact and which in justice (not in contention) should be corrected. 27
The actual groWth and development of Dutchess in the eighteenth century is reflected in the several censuses taken by the provincial authorities and extracts from those official records are appended below. The figures supply interesting material for the student, raising as they do the question as to what the causes were for the increase in the population of Dutchess and the static condition across the river in Ulster. In the brief space now available in these pages only one of the possible causes can be suggested. That one was the difference in the topographical character of the two counties. Ulster County consists of mountainous ridges, running north and south, parallel with the Hudson. Settlement was made in the valleys between the ridges. Settlers were closely confined to their homes because inter-communication was difficult. Travel was chiefly north and south, with its principal outlet on the Hudson at the mouth of the Rondout. Ulster was a hive, from which many swarmed out and carried Ulster names far and near, but it received no distinct waves of immigration. Dutchess, on the other hand, has but one dominant ridge north and south (and that in the extreme eastern portion of the county) . It is rolling country in the main: streams with meadow flats, arable uplands, some woodland. Its outlook is on the Hudson and roads lead from the interior to the river the whole length of its river-frontage. In the eighteenth century the river was the key to the prosperity of the farmer and the farms were swarmed in upon from New England, Long Island, New Jersey and Westchester County. If the quotations cited below are read in the light of this partial explanation they may take on a life which mere statistics are not supposed to possess. In each census ten counties were listed, except in 1746 when Albany was omitted "because of the Enemy" and in 1771 when twelve were recorded. The figures indicate that from 1723 to 1737 Ulster and Dutchess both grew, with Ulster leading; from 1737 to 1746 both grew but with Dutchess ahead; in 1749 both had declined (perhaps the census-takers were inefficient) ; 28
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while from 1749 to 1771 the population in Dutchess very nearly doubled that of Ulster. Whites Blacks Total Census of 1723: Ulster, sixth county 2,357 566 2,923 Dutchess, tenth county . . . 1,040 43 1,083 Census of 1731 Ulster, sixth county 2,996 732 3,728 Dutchess, seventh county . 1,615 644 2,259 Census of 1737: Ulster, sixth county 3,998 872 4,870 Dutchess, seventh county 3,156 262 3,418 Census of 1746 Dutchess, fifth county 8,306 500 8,80G Ulster, sixth county 4,154 1,101 5,255 Census of 1749 Dutchess, fifth county 7,491 421 7,912 Ulster, eighth county 3,804 1,006 4,810 Census of 1756 Dutchess, second county . . .13,289 859 14,148 Ulster, seventh county . . . . 6,605 1,500 8,105 Census of 1771 Dutchess, second county . . 21,044 1,360 22,404 county Ulster, fifth 11,996 1,954 13,950 H. W. R.
Twenty-Four, Cannon Street, Poughkeepsie An illustration on another page shows a house on Cannon street, Poughkeepsie, which was torn down in 1926 but which for over a century had been a landmark and the home of wellknown people. In 1786 mention was made in contemporary records of "the New Lane or Cannon street" and a map, made in 1790, records a house on the site of the one just torn down. The latter probably incorporated all or part of the house of 1790 but had undergone many changes of detail. The walls and the gambrel roof survived till now to tell the twentieth 29
century of a style of house-building popular in the Slate 18th and early 19th centuries. Between 1786 and 1791 this property on Cannon street was acquired by George Clinton as an investment and by him was conveyed in 1791 to William Bailey, who gave Clinton a mortgage on it. In 1794 Bailey sold to Cadwallader D. Colden, then a practicing lawyer in Poughkeepsie, but who soon removed to New York City where he later served as mayor. Colden sold in 1794 to James Scott Smith, first president of the village of Poughkeepsie, who however had financial troubles and who lost the property in 1799 by a sheriff's auction sale. George Clinton bought it in at the sale but held title only a Mort time. For the greater part of the first quarter of the 19th ceNtury the house was owned and occupied by George B. Evertson, who was prominent as a banker, ship builder and sheep fancier. He was followed by Nathaniel P. Tallmadg,e, a brilliant member of the Dutchess bar who, while he lived at TwentyFour, served a term in the United States Senate. In 1841 the house was purchased by Henry Swift, lawyer of Poughkeepsie, and it remained in his and his heirs' possession until late years. For a long time it was the home of Mr. Swift's granddaughter and her husband, the Reverend A. P. Van Gieson, D. D., pastor of the Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie. From Mrs. Van Gieson, Dr. Henry A. Gribbon bought the house and since Dr. Gribbon's recent death it has been sold and razed.
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Clinton Point, Town of Poughkeepsie In the possession of Miss Anne S. Van Cortlandt of Van Cortlandt Manor, Croton-on-Hudson, New York, is a letter written by George Clinton to Miss Van Cortlandt's grandfather, Pierre Van Cortlandt, in which the writer announced to his son-in-law his intention to build a house at "Casper's Creek". The location referred to by Clinton was at the mouth of Jan Casper's Kil in the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County; it was later known as Clinton Point and is now owned by a company which, by the operation of a stone-crusher, is rapidly destroying the original natural features of the place. Through the courtesy of Miss Van Cortlandt George Clinton's letter is reproduced below. Albany 21stMay 1804 To Coll. Pierre Van Cortlandt, Jr., Peeks Kill Dear Sir This morning I received your letter of the 16th instant. I intend to build a brick house at Casper's Creek. I have not yet finally determined on the Plan in every particular. The dimensions I have thought of is 50 by 45 feet on the Clear. This will be larger than I could wish yet I don't know how I can reduce it and please myself. **** The present house is a very ugly old stone building and much too small to accomodate my Family. I intend however to occupy it till I can provide a better and to move part of my Family in to it by the middle of next month and to be there myself as soon after as I am emancipated from the cares of Public Office. **** Yours sincerely Geo. Clinton. The intention announced by Clinton in 1804 was carried out in 1805-1806 when he erected on the point that formed the north arm of a small bay at the junction of Jan Casper's Kii with the Hudson a house which stood until March 23, 1874, when it burned. The house was the home of George Clinton from 1806 until his death April 20, 1812, during which period he held office as Vice-President of the United States. 31
There are now owned by Miss Marie L. Getty of 415 West 141st street, New York City (who is a descendant of Citizen Genet and his wife, Cornelia Clinton), many letters written by George Clinton to his son-in-law, the Citizen. Three of those letters, bearing date at Casper's Kill on May 31 and July 25, 1805, and June 29, 1806, refer to Clinton's residence for a year (1804-1805) in the stone house; to his difficulties in building his new dwelling (due to delays with workmen, the description of which might have been written in 1926) ; and to his occupation of a small part of the new house in 1806, while plastering and other work went on in it. For access to these letters grateful acknowledgements are made to Miss Getty. From 1778 to 1783 Clinton had his residence in the village of Poughkeepsie, then the seat of the state government. When the British evacuated New York City he removed thither and apparently remained in New York until his service as governor, 1801-1804, when as Albany had become the permanent capital, he lived there. Clinton was in the habit of investing his personal funds on bond and mortgage in Dutchess County and the indices in the office of the clerk of Dutchess County abound in mentions of his name. An analysis of a long list of deeds and mortgages to which he was a party reveals his legal residence as having been from time to time as follows :1787, 1790, "of the state of New York"; 1794, "of New York"; 1798, 1800, 1801, of New York City; 1802, of Albany; 1805 to 1812, "of the town of Poughkeepsie." As frequently as Clinton bought and sold real estate, it is surprising to find that his deed for the purchase of the property at Casper's Kil is not recorded. The land had belonged to Samuel Pinckney who, presumably, lived in the stone house mentioned in Clinton's letter. After Clinton died the place was sold by his heirs in 1815 to James Tallmadge of Poughkeepsie (born 1778, died 1853) , who had been Clinton's private secretary and who was a near relative of Clinton's sonin-law, Matthias B. Tallmadge. James Tallmadge was a brilliant lawyer and became a man of national reputation in public life. He was a member of the Congress in 1817-1819 and was widely known in connection 32
with the legislation that produced the Missouri Compromise. In 1825-1826 he served as lieutenant-governor of New York and in 1821 and 1846 was a delegate to the constitutional conventions of the state of New York. Mr. Tallmadge visited Russia in 1836 and aided in the introduction there of American machinery for spinning cotton. He was accompanied to Russia by his only daughter, Mary Rebecca Tallmadge, a noted beauty, who on her return to America married Philip S. Van. Rensselaer of Albany. Mrs. Van Rensselaer received the property at Clinton Point as a gift from her father in 1839. She remodelled the house, developed the grounds, imported rare trees, laid out gardens and made of the old home a notable country seat. In charge of the grounds for many years was Edward Downing, an expert gardener from Ireland. When in 1871 Mrs. Van Rensselaer sold the estate and dismantled the house several pieces of furniture derived from the Clintons passed to Mr. Downing and he it was who, when the house burned down in 1874, saved the corner-stone on which was cut the date: May 5, 1805. Among the articles from the house which Mr. Downing received in 1871 was an oil painting of Clinton Point, which was inherited from him by his widow, since deceased. The painting is now owned by Mr. William J. Kennedy, attorneyat-law of Baltimore, Md., through whose courtesy a copy of it is reproduced in this issue of the Year Book. It gives but little architectural information of the house at Clinton Point but affords a valuable record of the shore-line of the river before the stone-crusher devastated the once beautiful spot. Three views of the ruins of the house after the fire of 1874 are also shown herein, being copies of photographs owned by Mrs. Isaac Carlow of Hughsonville and kindly loaned by her for reproduction in the Year Book. From Mrs. Carlow and from the late Mrs. Downing of Wappingers Falls and also from Mrs. John Goring of Wappingers (Mr. Downing's daughter) details have been gleaned of the great estate maintained at Clinton Point by the Van Rensselaers. Before her death the late Mrs. Downing guided a party of visitors to the Point and identified the location of the former house, local 33
knowledge of which would otherwise soon have been lost. Mrs. Goring preserved the information that Clinton built his house in 1805 with bricks and lime manufactured there on his own land. Mrs. Downing described the floor-plan of the dwelling as having a hall through the center, with two rooms at either side and each room having a chimney. A story, folklore in character, told by Mrs. Goring as a legend of the place, was of four black walnut trees which stood near the house. The house was sold by Mrs. Van Rensselaer and a black walnut was blown over; Mrs. Van Rensselaer died and another tree fell; Mr. Van Rensselaer died and a third gave way; the house was burned and the fourth tree came down. In 1871, when Mrs. Van Rensselaer sold the place, a portrait of George Clinton which had hung in the house was obtained by John Losee, who had been a gardener for the family. The portrait eventually passed to John Losee's grandson, Willard Losee of New Hamburgh, from whom it was purchased by the late Burke Cochran and presented to the Democratic Club, New York City. Accounts of the destruction of the house at Clinton Point by fire on March 23, 1874, occur in the Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle and the Poughkeepsie Daily Press of March 24, 1874; in the Poughkeepsie Telegraph of March 28 and the Poughkeepsie Sunday Courier of March 29th, 1874. The papers speak of it as the finest country seat on the Hudson. H. W. R.
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Marriages At Pawling 1785-1801 In 1898 Mr. Henry J. Pearce, then of 2020 0 Street, Washington, D. C., gave to Miss Helen W. Reynolds of Poughkeepsie a copy of an original document in his own possesion, the document in question being a record, kept by Mr. Pearce's ancestor, William Pearce of Pawling, Dutchess County, of the marriage ceremonies the writer performed while in office as a Justice of the Peace. A copy of the list of marriages is here given. Feb. 26, Simeon Puffer & Fanny Turner. Mch 5, David White & Margaret Stark. Mch 15, Alpheus Smith & Deborah Akin. Mch. 30, Eli Calkin & Chloe Hollister. Apr. 6, Joshua Brownell & Margaret (Reasoner?). Apr. 16, David Little & Olive Spragg. May 24,- Daniel Haynes & Adah Manvill. Aug. 22, Hezekiah Morehouse & Mercy Baker. Sep. 14, Daniel Woodin & Lucy Prosser. Sep. 28, Medad Palmer & Nancy Gregory. Oct. 1, Nathan Jones & Betsey Paddock. Oct. 159, Reuben Poyne(n?) & Prudence Simpson. Oct. 19, Reuben Cooper & Phebe Bennett. Oct. 20, James Conner & Joanna Jones. Nov. 16, Daniel Shaw & Phebe Dakin. Dec. 20, Gideon St. John & Phebe Staples. 1787 Jan. 14, Henry Birdsall & Phebe Brown.
1785 Jan. 2, John Salmon & Cynthia Akin. • Jan. 20, Ebenezer Slocum & Mary Marshall. Mch. 2, Jeptha Lee & Ester Franklin. Mch. 31, Samuel Ketcham & Tammy Cary. May 19, Jonathan Gray SZ Prudence Bennett. May 29, John Finch & Eunice West. June *19, Elisha Mann & Phebe Ric (h) ey. Aug. 11, Elijah Nichols & Welthan Simpson. Aug. 16, Abram Green & Esther Munroe. Sep. 19, Agar Tre (ad)well & Lydia Draper. Oct. 27, Hezekiah Pray & Hannah Wilkinson. Dec. 25, Elisha Wing & Mary Parks. 1786 Jan. 22, James Ferris & Polly Calkins. Feb. 2, Job Thornton & Phebe Halstead. Feb. 5, Reuben Leonard & Nancy Baker (Barker?). Feb. 19, Samuel Cary & Rosanna Christian. 35
Jan. 15, John (Patchin?) & Elizabeth Burch. Feb. 1, James Howland & Ruth Wing. Feb. 18, Benjamin Davis & Thankful Beach. Mch. 22, Francis Spedding & Mary Hopkins. Apr. 22, Sandford Haynes & Hannah Gould. May 27, Daniel Cook & Phebe Andrews. June 3, Ezra Sherman & Deborah Howland. Aug. 9, Benjamin Slocum & Mehitable Bennett Rood. Sep. 2, Benjamin Birdsall & Mary Stevens. Dec. 19, Abel Sprague & Elizabeth Nelson.
1791 Feb. 20, Samuel Pearce & Martha Pearce. June 20, Nathan Morse, 2d & Rachel Herrington. Aug. 4, Charles Jones & Olive Little. Sep. 8, Nathan Davis & Amy Robinson. Dec. 1, Ruscom Slocum & Phebe Allen. 1792 Jan. 11, Israel Worden & Rebecca Andrus. Jan 20, Isaac Brownell & Joanna Cherrytree. Mch. 11, John Dunbar & Sarah Burtch. May 11, Nathaniel Leonard & Mary Frost. June 13, John Corbin & Zeruiah Burdick. Sep. 23, Joshua Burtch, Jr., & Betsey Marshall. Sep. 23, Levi Benedict & Mary Turner. Nov. 15, Elijah Morehouse & Hannah Green. Nov. 15, Andrew Morehouse & Mary Leonard.
1789 May 3, Elisha Clark & Phebe Finch. May 17, Gideon Slocum & Hannah Cook. 1790 Feb. 7, Robert Chase & Rachel Williams. Feb. 23, Shadrack Sherman & Diedama Howland. Mch. 29, Samuel Evans & Elenor Willcox. May 2, Pitt Ferris & Phebe Palmer. June 16, James Hopkins & Elizabeth Bun (d) y. Aug. 8, Elkanah Hoag & Charity Tripp. Nov. 16, Lyman Lee & Mary Sabin. Nov. 18, Jedediah Sheldon & Gerusha Hotchkiss. Nov. 20, Daniel Tripp & Betsey Akin.
1793 Feb. 11, Paul Champlin & Hannah Beach. Mch. 4, Rice Cary & Sarah Howland. Mch. 10, Joseph Lamb & Martha Thompson. May 5, Thomas Sheldon & Bethany Davis. May 19, Thomas Leonard & Hannah Dykeman. May 26, Joseph Dodge & Anne Birdsall. Aug. 4, William Miles. & Mary ' White. 36
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View from the house, looking south.
From the south.
Aug. 17, James Slater & Anna Kinyon. Oct. 24, Thomas Howard & Lucy Haynes. Oct. 27, James Lewis & Demaris Hollister. Nov. 11, Pardon Bentley, Jr., Phebe Langdon. Dec. 15, Israel West & Temperance Slocum. Dec. 27, Nathan Filkins, Jr., 8z. Huldah Elliot. Dec. 29, Charles Allen & Marti-a Sabin. Dec. 29, Gideon Cook & Elizabeth Prosser. 1794 Jan. 1, Stephen Jordan & Hannah Betts. Jan. 16, Ebenezer Soule & Bethany Hill. Jan. 19, Benjamin Franklin & Lydia Conner. Jan. 2(1), Cornelius Turner & Mary Slocum. Feb. 2, Samuel Brownell & Mary Allen. Feb. 9, Isaac Hinkley & Ruth Leonard. Mch. 9, Daniel Pearce & Austis Pearce. Mch. 16, Charles Conner & Lucinda Bostwick. Mch. 23, Jeremiah Baker & Sybil Evans. Mch. 27, John Hallaway & Urania Chase. Apr. 30, Zebulon Dakin & Thankful Briggs. May 1, William Cushing & Joarina Howland. May 2, Abram Thomas & Lydia Halloway. July 11, Joseph Schofield & Hannah Hanoway. July 14, Samuel Stark & Mary
Birdsall. July 30, Joshua Andrews & Phebe Frost. Aug. 16, David Hinckley & Elenor Leonard. Oct. 2, John Hill & Phebe Spalding. Oct. 9, Nathan Birdsall & Susannah Shippey. 1795 Jan. 7, Silas Arnold & Freelove Kipp. Jan. 8, Nathaniel Crandall & Abigail Stark. Mch. 17, Samuel Utter, Jr., & Anna Prosser. Apr. 16, Nathan Pearce & Clarissa Phelps. 1800 June 15, Thomas Bentley & Lucy Burtch. July 6, Benjamin Dodge & Hannah Burr. July 16, Lionel Prosser & Phebe Beach. July 27, Benoni Pearce & Ruth Tweedy. Aug. 27, Eli Davisand & Rachel Potter. Nov. 2, Amas Denton & Elizabeth Allen. Dec. 5, John Brownell & Esther Wooden. 1801 Jan. 23, Josiah Ferguson & Christina Doolittle. Feb. 1, John Haviland & Polly Ferris. Feb. 3, Agrippa Sheldon & Polly Palmer. Mch. 15, Edward Walsh & Esther Allen. June 21, John Burtch & Martha Cook. June 28, Zacheus Marshall, Jr., & Phebe Birdsall. 37
Baron Steuben* Your President has called attention to the thin line which separates Clermont, the place of my abode, from Dutchess County. I am glad that it is a thin line of separation for the important point is that I am with you today and participate in these proceedings of yours. I congratulate you upon the aims and purposes of your society, and felicitate you upon your accomplishments. The history of Dutchess County is the historY of the United States, and efforts made today to preserve historic landmarks, to chronicle and properly record events and happenings in a community history should be encouraged to the fullest extent because they inculcate in the minds of the people of today a due consideration of past history, and make for better citizenship in our own period. I have been asked to speak today of Baron Steuben, an officer who served with great credit in our war for Independence, and during these services, came into Dutchess County, so that we have a right to consider him as related to Dutchess County. While here, his headquarters were at Mt. Gulian, the famous Ver Planck house, where, at the end of the war, the Order of the Cincinnati was instituted, with General Washington presiding, and Steuben present as one of the honored members. Let us consider first the background of our distinguished soldier. He was the son of a soldier, for his father, William Augustus Steuben, was prominent in the military service of Germany. Our Steuben was born at Madgeburg, Prussia, November 15, 1730. Although born in Prussia, his family was not Prussian. They probably came from Suabia, and they had an estate at Wulheim, on the border of Baden-Wurtemberg. Though christened Frederick William Augustus Henry Ferdinand Von Steuben, he surmounted this handicap, and later in life, and in history was known as Baron Steuben. He was educated at a Jesuit college in Breslen. At the age of fourteen he served as a volunteer soldier under his father in the campaign of the Austrian Succession War, and in this *Paper read before the Dutchess County Historical Society on October 16, 1925 • ,1';'44
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campaign he distinguished himself at Prague. In 1747 he was appointed Cadet in the army, and became a Lieutenant in 1753. He fought in the Seven Years War and in 1758 was made Adjutant General of Free Corps. He was wounded at the battle of Kumersdorf, and later was captured and carried to St. Petersberg as a prisoner of war. In 1761 he re-entered the regular army and became Aide to King Frederick, the founder of the Hohenzollern dynasty. At the conclusion of the war he was appointed Canon of the cathedral at Havelberg. Naturally, this proved unsatisfactory to our soldier, and he became Grand Marshal to the Prince of Hohenzollern-Heichinsen. In 1777 we find Steuben in Paris, greatly interested in the struggle of the American Colonies. His friend, Count St. Germain, then the French Minister of War, endeavors to persuade Steuben to go to the assistance of the Colonies, who needed discipline and instruction in military tactics. Steuben met Franklin and tried to make arrangements with him for joining the American army, but found that only Congress could make such arrangements. Steuben, however, was assured that he could rely on the French court for remuneration if he could not get satisfaction from America, and, armed with this doubtful assurance, he sailed for America. He arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., December 1,1777, and offered his services to Congress as a volunteer. His proposition was as follows : "He must have restoration of money expended by him, and, as he had given up offices netting him 600 pounds sterling, he should have the equivalent of that sum, and such further compensation as Congress might deem he had deserved if his services were acknowledged to be satisfactory by the Commander in Chief, and if the Colonies gained independence. But, if his services proved unsatisfactory, or the war failed, he would call it quits, and look for no compensation." I call this a sporting proposition, and I think you will agree with me. Congress accepted his offer, and in March, 1778, he took up his duties in the army, and began drilling the undisciplined soldiers at Valley Forge. Valley Forge! What a mem39
ory, and what frightful conditions prevailed there. Yet Steuben established a thorough system of discipline and training. "No European army," said he, "could be kept together under such dreadful conditions." Coming to us at the darkest period in our conflict, he proved indeed to be the man of the hour. His services were highly appreciated and commended by Washington, who recommended that Congress should pay Steuben in suitable fashion. Consequently Congress appointed him Inspector General in May, 1779, with pay from the time he joined the army. The results of his work were shown in the next campaign, especially at the battle of Monmouth, where he rallied the discouraged, retreating soldiers of General Charles Lee. After Monmouth Colonel Alexander Hamilton said he had never before known or conceived the value of discipline. Steuben prepared a manual of tactics, which was adopted by Congress in March, 1779. This manual was used in the war, and by the Militia of the States for many years after the war. Steuben was a member of the Court Martial which tried Major Andre in 1780, and at that time had his headquarters in Dutchess County. After the defeat of General Horatio Gates at Camden, Steuben was placed in cornmand of the District of Virginia. But he returned to his former duties as Inspector General in the Yorktown campaign. And then Yorktown fell, Cornwallis surrendered, and soon the war was over. The cause which Steuben had made his own had succeeded, and in the war he had rendered conspicuous services. After the war Congress voted him a gold headed sword, and a pension of $2,500 a year. Pennsylvania, Virginia, New Jersey and New York gave him land grants. New York's grant consisted of 1,600 acres in what is now Oneida County. There Steuben built a house in which he lived during the remaining years of his life, and there he died, November 28, 1794. A county in New York State is named for him, a fort in Ohio bore his name, and afterwards became the town of Steubenville and here, close at hand, we have a tablet to his memory on the Hasbrouck place at Tarrytown. It seems to me the 40
irony of fate that for our cause of independence, we adopted and used to great advantage, the German military system, brought to us by Steuben. Steuben has been called a soldier of fortune. He was a soldier of fortune, and I regard it as our very good fortune that he took up our cause when he did and in the manner he did. He has also been slightingly referred to as a drill master and this term is correct if used in its largest sense, for he brought to us, and put into operation, what we most needed—discipline and tactics. For these services of his, we should hold in grateful memory the name of Baron Steuben. WILLIAM B. DWIGHT.
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Dutchess County Men of the Revolutionary Period
Captain Israel Smith Israel Smith was born at Newton, Long Island, December 8th, 1748. He was the son of Samuel Smith and Elizabeth Bayles, and a younger brother of Major Melancton Smith, one of the most prominent and active of Dutchess County's patriots during the whole period of the Revolution. Another brother, Samuel, served as captain in Col. John Frear's Regiment of Dutchess County Militia, and also was employed by the Committee of Safety in its various activities. Israel received his education at home, but as a younger son in a family of thirteen children, and his father being what might be called an English country gentleman, he left home at quite an early age, to engage in business with his brother, Melancton, in Poughkeepsie. When the first call was sent out by the Provincial Convention of New York early in June 1775, for the raising of four regiments of soldiers in the State, the fourth of these regiments was apportioned to Dutchess County. One of the first to enroll was Israel Smith. He was first commissioned a lieutenant and soon afterward promoted to a captaincy. This regiment was known throughout the war as the Fourth New York Regiment, Continental Line. Mustered into service June 30th, 1775, it was made a part of Schuyler's (afterward Montgomery's) army for the invasion of Canada, and was commanded by Lt. Col. Henry B. Livingston, a brother-inlaw of General Montgomery. Upon its return it was stationed in the Highlands, helping to build Forts Montgomery and Constitution and other fortifications for the protection of the Hudson River. During the winter of 1776-1777 at the request of its officers it was stationed at Saybrook on Long Island Sound, where it helped in the raids against the tories in Connecticut and also, crossing the Sound, upon the Eastern end or Long Island, where important captures were made on more than one occasion. In the summer of 1777 the Fourth was one of the regimenu, sent north to oppose the advance of Burgoyne and it took an 42
active part in the battles of the campaign which terminated at the battle of Saratoga, in the capture of Burgoyne and his entire army. Later in the fall of 1777 Captain Smith's regiment war, part of the force under General Washington in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Then the British occupied Philadelphia and Washington and his army spent the winter at Valley Forge, hungry, ragged, freezing. They may have been dis, couraged, what men would not have been? Col. Henry B. Livingston of the Fourth New York, wrote to Governor Clinton on Christmas Day, 1777: "Not only my duty but humanity itself obliges me to lay before you the distressed situation of the 4th New York regiment under my command, wholly destitute of clothing, the men and officers are now perishing in the field at this season of the year." No sooner did spring arrive however, than they were again in the thick of the fighting in New Jersey, meeting the well clothed, well fed English veterans at Monmouth and Princeton, and driving Sir Henry Clinton and his army back into New York for good. Colonel Livingston was one of the wounded at the battle of Monmouth. His regiment was a part of the army of General Sullivan, which was sent during the summer of 1779 against the Indians and Tories, who under Brandt, Butler and Johnstone had been creating such cruel havoc along the New York and Pennsylvania frontiers. Captain Smith was paymaster of the regiment during this expedition. In 1780 Captain Smith was paymaster and clothier and in this capacity reported to Governor Clinton regarding the clothing presented to the army by the State of New York: "Some of the shirts are very bad and most of the overhalls, the linen in small remnants." The records in Dutchess County show that at intervals, while his regiment was in camp at various places, Captain Smith was in his home-county actively engaged in the work of recruiting for his regiment, a work that could not have been easy among what must have been a discouraged war-weary people. In the latter part of 1781 after the capture of Lord Cornwallis and his army at Yorktown, the five New York 43
regiments of the Line, which did not total more than 1500 men, were concentrated into two regiments and Israel Smith became Captain in the Second New York. Again, when active hostilities had ceased and the army was dispersing, General Washington (on June 6th, 1783) issued an order granting as an indulgence to any officer who wished, the privilege of remaining with the Army. It was Captain Israel Smith who in his own hand writing forwarded the list of such officers to the Commander-in-Chief. It was to this devoted band that General Washington delivered his last farewell at Fraunce's Tavern in New York the following November when the last of the British soldiers had evacuated the city. On March 5th, 1782, while the Army was encamped around Newburgh, Captain Smith married Mary Hasbrouck, daughter of Colonel Jonathan Hasbrouck, who until his death July 31, 1780, had been a Colonel of Militia and leading citizen of Newburgh. It was Jonathan Hasbrouck who in 1750 and 1770 built the house at Newburgh, which is the best known of any of General Washington's Headquarters, and from Colonel Hasbrouck's widow in the spring of 1782 Washington rented the Colonel's stone homestead. One cannot doubt that in the social life surrounding the Headquarters of the Commanderin-chief, his two young daughters, Rachel and Mary Hasbrouck, were favorites, for at the baptism of the daughter of Captain Smith and his wife, Mary, Mrs. Washington acted as Godmother and was the donor of a beautiful baptismal robe which is still a prized possession of a descendant, Mrs. Frank Eno of Pine Plains, New York. The robe is said to have been made by Mrs. Washington herself. Capt. Smith was one of the original members of the Societyof Cincinnati, which was organized as a bond between the officers of the Army just before they were to part. When the Army of the Revolution was finally disbanded Captain Smith with his family returned to Poughkeepsie, where he went into business, associating himself with Dr. Peter Tappen, a brother-in-law of His Excellency, Governor George Clinton. 44
Their's was a general mercantile, and shipping business, as they had a line of sloops on the Hudson with store houses at what was known as the lower landing. This store, called the Union Store, gave the name to Union Street, which until a comparatively recent date was the Union Store Road. The partnership between Smith and Tappen continued until 1786 when it was succeeded by the same two partners and the accession of a third, Gilbert Livingston. To show that those times were no different from our own and that certain people were just as slow in settling their accounts as they are to-day, the following notice appeared in the County Journal and Poughkeepsie Advertiser of December 26th, 1787: "All persons indebted to the Partnership of Tappen & Smith, which dissolved the 1st of May, 1786, are once more requested to call and settle their accounts with the subscriber by the 15th of January, otherwise their accounts will be prosecuted. They will receive in payment County produce at the market price, at the Union Store :—Israel Smith." Captain Israel Smith was a captain in an artillery company in Gen. Swartwout's brigade until 1786. He lived near the upper end of Union Street where, until recently, the Union Hotel stood, and where he died, January 3rd, 1791, at the age of forty-three years, prematurely old undoubtedly from eight years of strenuous campaigning in Canada, at Saratoga, Continental Village, and Valley Forge, in the Sullivan expedition and at Yorktown. "Times that tried men's Souls". I am appending a copy of his will, which was undoubtedly written by his friend, James Kent, afterward Chancellor Kent, who was at the time a young lawyer in Poughkeepsie. TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME OR MAY CONCERN: KNOW YE, that I, ISRAEL SMITH, of the Town of Poughkeepsie, in the County of Dutchess, being weak in body but of sound mind, have thought proper and do hereby make and declare my Last Will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say: 45
FIRST: I do hereby empower and direct my executors hereinafter named, to sell in such manner and at such time as they shall deem best, all my right and interest whatsoever in the Union store and the wharf, with the appurtenances thereunto belonging, and in the sloops Washington and Catharine, which sail from the said store, lying and being on Hudson River in the Town aforesaid, and that the persons interested with me in the said store, wharf and sloops have the right of preemption provided they will give as much as any other persons. SECONDLY: I do hereby further empower and direct my executors hereinafter named, to sell in like manner as aforesaid all the goods, wares and merchandise belonging to me in whole or in part, aid also all my right and interest whatsoever in the Mills at Plattsburgh, in the County of Clinton, and in lands lying and being on the Mohawk River, and in which Peter Tappen, Esq., one of the executors hereinafter named is also concerned. THIRDLY: I do hereby further empower and direct my executors hereinafter named, to sell in like manner as aforesaid all the rest of my real property whatever being, if they should deem it best, and that a majority of my executors hereinafter named, or the survivors of a majority of them be empowered, and I do hereby empower them to make and execute any or all of the sales aforesaid. FOURTHLY: I do hereby order and direct that my negro boy HARRY be bound out by my executors, or such of them as do qualify, until he arrives at twenty-one years of age, and that then he shall be, and hereby is declared to be free; and I do hereby further order that my negro boy DICK shall not be sold by my executors. FIFTHLY: I do hereby further order and direct that the moneys arising from the sales aforesaid be put out on interest at the direction of my executors. SIXTHLY: I do hereby give to my wife the use of the onethird of my estate, both real and personal which shall remain unsold; and the use of the one-third of the moneys arising 46
from the sales of my estate both real and personal for her natural life in hew of her dower. SEVENTH: I do hereby further give all the residue of my estate, real and personal, or the moneys of such part thereof as shall be sold, together with the estate given to my wife as aforesaid after her death to my two children, to be equally divided between them, their heirs and assigns forever. LASTLY: I do hereby appoint my brother, MELANCTON SMITH, and my brother-in-law, ISAAC HASBROOK, and my friends PETER TAPPEN and JAMES KENT, executors of this my will, hereby revoking all former wills, if any there be. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this thirtieth day of May, one thousand seven hundred and ninety-one. ISRAEL SMITH. (L.S.) Signed, sealed, published and declared by the said Testator as and for his Last Will and Testament in presence of us, John Thomas, Robert North, Peter Tappen. J. WILSON POUCHER, M. D.
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"The Pageant of Market Street"* We are to witness the Pageant of Market Street, but not Market Street as we see it every day, a busy, crowded thoroughfare of Poughkeepsie, we must think of it rather as a part of the Albany Post Road, or as it was known until 1776 the King's Highway; and of the people who travelled the road or built their homes near it and helped it to develop from an Indian trail to a bridle path, then a wagon and coaching road and finally one of the main highways of the Empire State. We must remember that Poughkeepsie has not had a, dramatic history, it was a Dutch settlement with all the slowness and deliberation which those words imply, but there is one spot which can show us many pictures; it has seen the Indian runners go by bearing mail and messages between New York and Albany; to it the first settlers came to worship and to transact their business; during the Revolution it echoed to the tread of soldiers and witnessed the daily coming and going of great men; it was the scene of at least one event of paramount importance in the history of the nation. You probably guess where that spot is: the corner of Main and Market Streets we will take as our stage and see what scenes and figures pass before us which are significant in the history of Poughkeepsie. A day near the middle of June in the year 1680, no settlement, not even one cabin of a white man, no sound of human activity, just the songs of the birds in the trees along the trail; but three Indians appear travelling northward from their homes on the Wappingers Creek; we know all of them but will notice only one especially because his name of Speck is very familiar to us now; when we motor down the Post Road we pass near the site of his lodge, which stood on a little creek or kil close to the present red schoolhouse just this side of Oakwood, Speck zyn kil or as we say in a corrupted form, Speckenkill. If we ask these Indians why they are equipped for a journey, they will tell us that they are going to Albany where *Paper read before Mahwenawasigh Chapter, D. A. R., at Poughkeepsie, January 18, 1926, and printed by permission. 48
they will appear before a notary and place their marks on a deed presenting a portion of their land to Arnout Cornelise Viele. This is the first deed recorded for this section, and it Was a free-will offering from Indians in return for a kindness shown them. Now Viele, being employed by the government as an Indian interpreter, was too busy to enjoy his land himself, but other white settlers drifted in slowly; in 1702 Baltus Barents Van Kleeck came and built his square stone house near the corner of the present Mill and Vassar Stretes. After the appointing of a few county officers and the sending of a representative from Dutchess to the Legislature we see a building, the first Dutchess County Court House, very unpretentious but occupying the same site as the present one, that is, the southwest corner of Main and Market Streets. On a day in the summer of 1723 we will find a place on the steps of this Court House and watch the completion of a building directly opposite, that is on the southeast corner of Main and Market Streets. Jacobus Van den Bogart has given a plot of land 150 feet square for the erection of the first church in the district, to quote the words of the old deed "intended for the members of the body known as the Reformed Dutch Church in North America, for the proper and only use, benefitt and behoof of the Inhabitance and Naborhood of Pockepsie aforesaid to hold and meantaen a proper Mieting house to worship the one and Thriee onely God". Let us take a good look at this church; it was 40-50 feet long and 30 feet wide with 26 pews, "built of stone with a hipped roof and a moderate tower in front. The tower extended above the peak of the roof a short distance and there the bell was suspended and over the same was a small tapering spire and surmounting that was the rooster". The progress of the church has ben slow but interest has been kept up perhaps because the settlers have been asked to contribute not only their money but also day's work; so we shall doubtless find ourselves in a group of eager spectators on this day when the spire is completed and that rooster is firmly fixed on his perch. 49
April 3, 1742—Poughkeepsie has now attained to the dignity of town meetings and regular elections for county officers; with at least two buildings, the church and the court house on our stage there is probably some stir of local activity. Again three men appear jogging sedately along on horseback for they are engaged on a serious errand: a boundary dispute has arisen bewteen Jacob Low and Henry Van der Burgh; two of our horsemen, Johannes Van Kleeck and Myndert Van den Bogaerdt, are elderly men, they are going now down the King's Highway to the Rust Plaets, where before their companion, Francis Filkin, a justice of the peace, they will swear that for fifty years they have known the Rust Plaets stone which is mentioned in deeds of the disputed lands. These men realized the importance of their business but did they realize the future historical significance of the spot on which they stood? This Rust Plaets which we can see now on the Van Benschoten farm was for years a resting place on the trail for the Indians, they called it "the reed-covered lodge by the little water place," uppuqui ipis ing, which has been corrupted to the present name, Poughkeepsie. In the late summer of 1766 a prisoner is taken into the Court House, so peaceable and prosperuos looking that we ask who he is: it is William Prendergast, a farmer of eastern Dutchess who has been arrested for his share in the landlord and tenant disputes called the Anti-Rent War. During the trial we see his wife, Abigail, going in and out from the sessions and after her husband has been convicted of treason we see her start alone on horseback for New York to appeal to the governor; three days later, good travelling for that period, she returns successful with a reprieve. This scene interests us because its chief actor is a woman, the first one who has crossed our stage in a major role. Coming to the period of the Revolution we find an increased activity the only indication on our stage of the stirring events elsewhere. There was no fighting in Dutchess County but the fortification and defence of the Highlands was a main feature of operation in this section, so Poughkeepsie, lying 50
safely above this strategic point was an important base for supplies and preparations. Let us take special notice of some of the figures which pass before us. On a day in the summer of 1776 there may be workmen from the shipyard near what is now Fox's Point, where they are building two frigates, the Congress and the Montgomery, to be used in the defence of the river; if these men gather in groups, talking earnestly, they may be discussing a strike; true fore-runners of the present-day working man, they are dissatisfied with their wages. A dusty messenger gallops up with news from the south of the British advance or an appeal for haste in the building of the ships. The people of the village crowd up to watch the departure of two of the Dutchess County regiments, those of Colonel Graham and Colonel Swartout, on their way to join Washington's army outside New York. But not all the figures on our stage are those of loyalists, Poughkeepsie had its full share of Tories; we see members of the community hitherto considered highly respectable brought in such numbers to the Court House that the jail fairly overflows with them. On a day in December Bartholomew Crannell, an elderly man and one of the foremost citizens, makes his way alone down the Post Road; because of his support of King George he must give up his law practice and his milling business and hastily exchange his comfortable home at what is now 448 Main Street for the shelter of the British lines. October 15,1777—Our stage is a scene of excitement: word has come that the British General Vaughan is sailing up the Hudson with a fleet of thirty ships. If groups of people who live near the river rush past toward the safer region to the east they may well be following the example of the wife of Governor Clinton, who has taken refuge at the home of Mrs. Barnes near Pleasant Valley. Panic grows as we hear that the redcoats have fired on the Livingston mansion below town and have even landed there, but the tension relaxes when a force of Continental soldiers under General Putnam marches up the Post Road; they keep pace with the fleet, so no harm comes to 51
our little town. People return to their homes and breathe a prayer of thanksgiving when they learn next day of the burning of Kingston and realize that Poughkeepsie has escaped a similar fate. After this event Poughkeepsie becomes the state capital and we see its accommodations taxed to the utmost to house the governor and the members of the Legislature. December 13, 1777—A sad little group leaves the Glebe House (we can picture the scene exactly, since the house still stands at 635 Main Street) . Reverend John Beardsley, rector of the English Church, Christ Church as we call it now, with his five children and his wife, who is the daughter of Bartholomew Crannell, must follow the footsteps of his father-in-law and for the same reason. With their clothing, bedding and food for the journey they go down past the Court House to the river, where a sloop waits to take them to New York. December 21,1780—About mid-afternoon a party of horsemen canters up followed by a cart laden with luggage; as they stop to inquire for an inn something in their appearance or accent tells us that they are not Americans; it is the Marquis de Chastellux, a distinguished French officer and firm friend of the Colonies who is travelling with his two aides and five servants, being on the way now to the battle fields at Saratoga. All the accommodations in the inns are taken at present by members of the Legislature, so the travellers must go on up the Post Road to spend the night at Pride's Tavern. It is interesting to see how de Chastellux was impressed by the scenery near by which is so familiar to us, that is, at Wappingers Falls and the Post Road south. He had visited Washington at his headquarters at Newburgh, the General had conducted him in his barge across the river to Fishkill Landing Place, "from which", the Marquis says, "the Post Road was distant only a few miles; from there you travel upon the high land where the view is beautiful and extended and traversing the township which they call Middlebrook, you arrive at the Creek and the Fall of Wapping. There I stopped some moments to take in, under different points of view, the charming landscape which that stream forms as much by its 52
cascade which is rushing and picturesque, as by the groups of trees and of rocks which united with the saw mills and other mills, made a picture most pleasing and agreeable." The surrender at Yorktown took place on October 18, 1781; messengers bearing the glorious news northwards travelled night and day: can't you picture them galloping past the lonely farm houses and waking the little hamlets with their shouts of "Cornwallis is taken !" Not until October 29th was the news verified in Poughkeepsie. On that day we shall be fairly swept from our positions on the steps of the Court House as the members of the Legislature pour forth across the street to the Dutch Church where the pastor, Reverend John Livingston, leads a solemn service of praise and thanksgiving. Afterwards as a cannon booms thirteen times we will join a procession going up to the house of Governor Clinton to congratulate him. In the evening we will take part in a joyous celebration, more cannon, rockets, and every house but one illuminated: Archibald Stewart who has a store next the Dutch Church is a Tory, so he does not celebrate. December 27, 1782—What a thrill we feel as we see a little group of horsemen coming up the Post Road and recognize a tall figure among them as that of General Washington! Whether he stops at the house of Valentine Baker on what is now the corner of Market and Union Streets or goes on to the governor's residence, we must take a good look at him, for unless we belong to the Order of Masons we cannot attend the dedication of the new Masonic Temple and witness the presentation of an address to Brother George Washington, commander-inchief. Saturday, July 26, 1788—the date of the most important historical event which ever occurred in Poughkeepsie. For more than a month the Legislature has been debating the new Constitution of the United States. Governor Clinton is bitterly opposed to ratification, even the eloquence of orators like John Jay and Alexander Hamilton does nothing to change his opinions. Only the news brought by express rider from New York of the :ratification by the State of Virginia and the joyful 53
celebration of this event by the Federals at last begins to shake his inflexible obstinacy. On this morning we may seen the governor arrive, courteous but not over-friendly to his great opponents, Jay, Hamilton and Chancellor Livingston. Melancthon Smith, soldier and legislator, enters with a group of county representatives. The session is open to the public; among those attracted by the fiery debates is a young lawyer, James Kent, living in a simple house about on the site of the present Windsor Hotel, who is later to become Chancellor Kent, the father of American jurisprudence. Whether we follow in with the crowd or remain outside we will share in the tense interest as the debate draws to a close, and the thrill of joyful excitement as the result of the vote is announced, a majority of just three for ratification. September 25, 1806—Between ten and eleven in the evening there is an outcry; as the villagers, each bearing the fire bucket which he keeps in his own house, come running toward us, we realize that the Court House itself is on fire. We can help either in carrying out public records or in taking the prisoners from the jail to a temporary shelter. But the best efforts of the bucket brigade and the one fire engine of the village are of no avail, we can only stand by and watch while the historic building which saw the ratification of the Constitution is burned to the ground. Within a few years, however, we see another Court House being built on the same site, the one with the steeple and rows of large windows on Market Street which many of us remember and which was replaced in 1903 by the present structure. For a period after 1807 our stage is blocked by a building, the village market, which stands in the middle of the street, whence of course the origin of the name Market Street; we rejoice when in 1814 the building is sold and removed. September 16, 1824—A day and night of festivity! The town is on the qui vive to receive the Marquis de Lafayette who is coming up the river on the steamer James Kent and will stop at Poughkeepsie. Before daylight a courier gallops up from the south with news that the boat is approaching; 54
boys rush to light the bonfires on the Kaal Rock; military companies, city officials and crowds of citizens go to the river. About daybreak the roar of guns announces that the guest has landed, the procession appears with its central point the carriage drawn by four white horses in which Lafayette is seated. The line of march is up Main Street, over Academy and down Cannon; we will join the crowd in front of the Forbus (now the Nelson) House where we can see Lafayette inspect his guard of honor and hear his reply to Colonel Livingston's address of welcome; then we will follow the distinguished visitor as he proceeds to the Poughkeepsie Hotel (the present Pomfret) and perhaps we can look into the gaily decorated dining room and see the sixty-five guests at breakfast. The procession escorts the Marquis back to the boat and we can wave farewell to him as he sails away up the river. In the evening we can watch the four hundred of the village as they gather at the Poughkeepsie Hotel for a Lafayette Ball; if we choose, we can join them in the ball room. At any rate, with the departure of the French nobleman we will give up our position on the steps of the Court House. As Poughkeepsie develops, our stage grows more animate , but we will leave it for another chronicler to add more scenes to the Pageant of Market Street. Perhaps a hundred years from now the Daughters of the American Revolution will be combined with another organization, the Daughters of the World War; one of its members may stand on this same spot and describe scenes which are significant because no longer possible in an age when arbitration has taken the place of armed force; she may tell, perhaps, how the great-greatgrandfathers of the D. W. W. marched away to fight in France against the armies of a German ruler called Kaiser William II, while their great-greatgrandmothers who stayed at home put on white aprons and white veils on their heads and collected money on the streets of Poughkeepsie for a patriotic organization called the Red Cross. FLORENCE WHITE OLIVET.
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Membership List Dutchess County Historical Society Honorary Members Anthony, The Hon. Walter C., Newburgh, N. Y. Baldwin, James F., Ph.D.; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bigelow, The Hon. Poultney, Malden, N. Y. Haldane, Miss Mary H., Cold Spring, N. Y. Hasbrouck, The Hon. Gilbert DuBois, Kingston, N. Y. Salmon, Miss Lucy Maynard, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Life Members Avery, Miss Myra H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bowdoin, Mr. George Temple, 104 East 37th Street, New York City. Cooke, Miss Jane Grosvenor, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Delano, Mr. Lyman, Barrytown, N. Y. Dows, Mr. Stephen Olin, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Hoag, Mrs. Frank P., Wingdale, N. Y. Hosmer, Mrs. Estelle De Peyster, 863 Park Avenue, New York City. Marshall, Mrs. Charles Clinton, 117 West 55th Street, New York City, and Millbrook, N. Y. Marshall, Mrs. Charles Clinton (Abby A. Story), New York City and Millbrook, N. Y. Newbold, The Hon. Thomas, Hyde Park, N. Y. Reese, Mr. W. Willis, New Hamburgh, N. Y. Reese, Mrs. W. Willis (Augusta Bliss), New Hamburgh, N. Y. Reese, Mr. Willis Livingston Mesier, New Hamburgh, N. Y. Roberts, Mrs. Charles H. (Katherine Aymar Freeman), in care of Farmers Loan and Trust Co., Fifth Ave., and 40th St., New York City. Simmons, Mr. William, 44 Whitehall Street, New York City. Spingarn, Colonel J. E., Ph.D., Amenia, N. Y. Webb, Mr. Edwin J. Beacon, N. Y. Wilkinson, Mr. Robert, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Young, Mr. Innis, Locust Grove, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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Annual Members Abel, Mrs. Claude (M. Lucy Pray), Verbank, N. Y. Abbott, Mr. George W., Hughsonville, N. Y. Ackert, The Rev. Winfred R., 416 West 54th Street, New York City. Adams, Mr. William Platt, Red Hook, N. Y. Adams, Miss Katharine Elseffer, Red Hook, N. Y. Adriance, Mrs. I. Reynolds (Ada Campbell), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Adriance, Miss Marguerite Platt, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Albro, Miss Edna C., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Alden, Miss Edith, Beacon, N. Y. Aldrich, Mrs. Richard (Margaret L. Chanler), Barrytown, N. Y. Ailing, Mr. Newton D., Irving National Bank, New York City. Andrews, Robert W., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Andrews, Mrs. Robert W., (Minnie Mari11), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Andrus, Miss Helen J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Appel, Dr. Samuel E., Dover Plains, N. Y. Arnold, The Hon. C. W. H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Arnold, Miss Katherine Innis, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Astor, Mr. Vincent, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Atkins, Mr. Frederick, Beacon, N. Y. Atwood, Mrs. John W., (Ada Pearsall), Beacon, N. Y. Averill, Mrs. Walter C., (Margaret Reed), Poughkeepsie, N. Avis, Mrs. Henry W., (Jane Barton), Beacon, N. Y. Badeau, Mr. Joseph N., Beacon, N. Y. Bailey, Miss Rosalie Fellows, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bain, Mrs. Frank (Amelia McQuoid), Newburgh, N. Y. Bain, Mrs. Horatio N., (Carrie Belding), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Baker, The Hon. Willard, Sharon, Conn. Ballard, Mrs. William W., Jr., Charleston, W. Va. Banks, Mr. Ienox, New Hamburgh, N. Y. Barbour, Miss Violet, Ph.D.; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Barck, Mr. Oscar T., 748 St. John's Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Barker, Mr. Harry C., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Barlow, Miss May, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Barnard, Mr. Frederic, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Barratt, Mr. Helmus W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Baxter, Mr. Ernest D., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Barnes, Mrs. Louise, Beacon, N. Y. Beardsley, Mr. William J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Beckwith, Miss Elizabeth R., Stissing, N. Y. Beckwith, Miss Martha W., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bedell, Mr. Louis, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bedell, Mrs. Walter H., (Mary Eleanor Lawson), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 57
Bedford, Mr. John Bevier, 33 Thomas Street, Metuchen, N. J. Bell, The Rev. Bernard Iddings, S. T. B.; St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y. Benson, Mr. Arthur T., Dover Plains, N. Y. Benson, Mrs. Luther, Pawling, N. Y. Berry, Mr. Martin, Beacon, N. Y. Berry, Mr. Milton H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bertholf, Dr. Henry W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bilyou, Mr. George E., Hyde Park, N. Y. Bishop, Mr. George R., 142 East 18th Street, New York City. Blythe, Mr. Brent W., 15 William Street, New York City. Bockee, Mr. Jacob, Amenia, N. Y. Bogle, Mr. Ronald F., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Boomer, Mr. L. M., Waldorf-Astoria, New York City. Booth, Mr. Charles E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Booth, Mr. Henry, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Booth, Mrs. Henry (S. Elizabeth Rollinson), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bosworth, Mr. William L., Amenia, N. Y. Bower, Mrs. J. K., 212 Julian Street, Waukegan, Ill. Bowne, Mrs. Charles, (Ellen French), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Boyce, John Newton, M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Boyce, Mrs. John Newton, (Josephine Delaney), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Boyd, Mr. Nathan T., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Boyle, Mrs. James Murray, 527 Riverside Drive, New York City. Braman, Miss Emily L., 321 Clinton Avenuee, Brooklyn, N. Y. Braman, Miss Irene M., 321 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Branch, Mrs. John Kerr, Pawling, N. Y. Breed, R. Huntington, M. D.; Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Breed, Mrs. R. Huntington, (Edna Roy), Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Briggs, Mr. Harry T., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brill, Jacob S., Poughquag, N. Y. Brill, Mrs. Jacob S., Poughquag, N. Y. Brill, Mr. Theodore Rogers, 126 West 75th Street, New York City. Brinckerhoff, Mr. LaTourette, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brittain, Mrs. James L., (Nellie Hyde), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Broas, Mr. Smith I., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brower, Mr. Marshall H., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Brower, Mrs. Marshall H., (Eleanor Smith), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Brown, Mr. J. Adams, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Brown, Mrs. J. Adams, (Flora Newcomb), Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Brown, Miss Margaret DeMott, Arlington, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brown, Mr. Samuel H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brown, Mrs. Samuel H., (Clara Lefferts Duryea), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Brown, Mr. Stuart J., 48 Elm Street, Montclair, N. J. Brown, Mr. William K., Rhinebeck, N. Y. 58
Browning, Mr. William J., Hyde Park, N. Y. Bruleigh, Mrs. Clifford, (Josephine Jigger), LaGrangeville, N. Y. Buckley, Mr. H. C., Wassaic, N. Y. Budd, Miss Bertha, Hyde Park, N. Y. Budd, Mr. Eugene P., Red Hook, N. Y. Budd, Mrs. Eugene P., (Mina Potts), Red Hook N. Y. Budd, Mr. George A., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Budd, Mrs. George A., (Estelle Van Wagner), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Bull, Mr. La Verne M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Bundy, Mr. Oscar H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Burnett, Col. William L., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Burroughs, Mr. Charles W., 307 West 79th Street, New York City. Bussing, Mr. William, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Butts, The Hon. Ralph F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Butts, Mrs. Ralph F., (Harriet Tripp), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Campbell, The Hon. George p., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Campbell, Mrs. George D., (Mildred Windle), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Carpenter, Miss Julia, Shekomeko, N. Y. Carpenter, Mr. J. Wilson, Shekomeko, N. Y. Carpenter, Miss S. Louisa, Shekomeko, N. Y. Caven, Mr. Alexander, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Caven, Mrs. Alexander, (Louise Place), Poughkeepsie, N. / Chancellor, Mrs. P. S., (Charlotte Thorne), Millbrook, N. Y, Chapman, Mr. John Jay, Barrytown, N. Y. Chapman, Mrs. John Jay, (Elizabeth W. Chanler), Barrytown, N. Y. Clapp, The Rev. Ernest, New Paltz, N. Y. Clapp, Mrs. Ernest (Julia Brinckerhoff), New Paltz, N. Y. Clark, Mrs. John W., Millerton, N. Y. Clark, Mr. Leonard P., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Clearwater, The Hon. A. T., Kingston, N. Y. Clements, Miss Rosalie, Wiccopee, N. Y. Coe, Mr. R. Theodore, La Grangeville, N. Y. Coe, Mrs. R. Theodore (Ada G. Uhl), La Gangeville, N. Y. Cole, Miss M. Elizabeth, Hyde Park, N. Y. Coleman, Mrs. John D., Pawling, N. Y. Coleman, Miss Grace S., Pawling, N. Y. Collyer, Captain Moses W., Chelsea-on-Hudson, N. Y. Colton, Mrs. Charles, (Augusta Bayer), Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Colwell, Mr. Louis S., 746 Pine Avenue, W., Montreal, Canada. Colwell, Mrs. Louis S., 746 Pine Avenue, W., Montreal, Canada. Conklin, Mr. Harry Walker, 412 West End Avenue, New York Cit3 Cookingham, Harris L., M. D.; Red Hook, N. Y. Cooley, Mr. Paul Flagler, 651 Madison Avenue, New York City. Coon, Mrs. Homer A., (Clara T. Van Vliet, Red Hook, N. Y. 59
Cornelius, Mr. Henry B., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Corney, Mr. Henry S., Beacon, N. Y. Corney, Mrs. Henry S., Beacon, N. Y. Corwin, Mrs. John W., (Caroline A. Baxter), Beacon, N. Y. Cotter, John H., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Cotter, John Isaac, M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Coughlin, Mr. Emmet P., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Coughlin, Mrs. Emmet P., (Katherine Reed), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Crane, Mr. Monroe, Dover Plains, N. Y. Crary, Miss Amy, Beacon, N. Y. Crosby, Mr. Maunsell S., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Crosby, The Rev. Thomas J., Red Hook, N. Y. Crouse, Miss Frances E., Red Hook, N. Y. Culver, Mr. Harry B., Amenia, N. Y. Culver, Miss Henrietta, Amenia, N. Y. Culver, Miss Laura B., Amenia, N. Y. Cummings, Mr. Lawrence Belding, 151 East 80th Street, New York City. Cummings, Mrs. Lawrence Belding, (Evalyn Willis), 151 East 80th St., New York City. Cunningham, Mrs. Thomas, Sr., Beacon, N. Y. Cutler, Mrs. Stephen H., Millbrook, N. Y. Daughton, Mr. Joseph A., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Davis, Miss Caroline B., Wiccopee, N. Y. Dedrick, Mrs. Frank (Nona Conley), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y. deGaris, Mrs. Arthur, (Lucy Hurd), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Delafield, General John R., Red Hook, N. Y. and 27 Cedar St., N. Y. City Delano, Miss Laura, Barrytown, N. Y. Delapenha, Mr. R. U., Rudco, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. deLaporte, Mr. Theodore, Rhinebeck, N. Y. deLaporte, Mrs. Theodore, (Helen Reed), Rhinebeck, N. Y. de la Vergne, Mr. Charles, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. de la Vergne, Mrs. Charles, (Florence Van Wagner), Salt Point, N. Y. de la Vergne, Mrs. Paul, (Winifred Horsfield), Salt Point, N. Y. De Windt, Mr. John Peter H., 40 Wall Street, New York City. Dey, Mrs. Harriet Martin, 507 N. Clinton Street, Iowa City, Iowa. Dickerson, Mr. Harold, Kingwood Park, Poughkeepsie, N. Y Dickerson, Mrs. Harold, Kingwood Park, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dinsmore, Mr. William B, Staatsburg, N. Y. Doherty, Mr. John J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Doughty, Mr. Robert N., Beacon, N. Y. Doughty, Mrs. Robert N., Beacon, N. Y. Dow, Mr. Alexander Cameron, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dow, Mrs. Alexander Cameron (Elizabeth Frisbie), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 60
Downing, Vivian F., D. D. S.; Arlington, N. Y. Downing, Mrs. Vivian F., (Ada), Arlington, N. Y. Dows, Mr. Tracy, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Drake, Mr. Clarence J., Poughkeepsie, N.1. DuBois, Miss Amy B., Beacon, N. Y. DuBois, Mr. Charles, Fishkill, N. Y. DuBois, Mrs. Charles (Ethel Moore), Fishkill, N. Y. DuBois, Miss Frances E., Bangall, N. Y. DuBois, H. K., M. D.; Port Orange, Florida. DuBois, Mr. James H., 1229 Madison Street, Washington, D. C. DuBois, Mr. Pierre E., 13 North Pearl Street, Albany, N. Y. DuBois, Mr. Mark G., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dudley, Mr. Guilford, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Dugan, Mr. John P., Fishkill, N. Y. Dutcher, Miss Marion F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y Duxbury, Dr. Paul Coates, 24 East 48th Street, New York City. Edwards, Miss Laura Jay, Millbrook, N. Y. Edwards, The Rev. William A., Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Eighmie, Mrs. Elias, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Elting, Mr. Ely, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Elting, Mr. Henry S., Tivoli, N. Y. Elsworth, Miss Ethel Hinton, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Elsworth, Miss Mary Johnston, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Eno, Mr. Frank, Pine Plains, N. Y. Feroe, Mr. Thomas J., Madalin, N. Y. Field, Mrs. Edward Loyal, (Flora Stark), Millbrook, N. Y. Field, Miss Katherine, Millbrook, N. Y. Fish, The Hon. Hamilton, Jr., Garrison, N. Y. Flagler, Miss Elizabeth Laniont, Millbrook, N. Y. Flagler, Miss Jean L., Mllbrook, N. Y. Flagler, Mrs. Joseph (Zilpha Storm), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Flagler, Mr. Harry Harkness, Millbrook, N. Y. Flagler, Mrs. Harry Harkness (Anne L. Lamont), Millbrook, N. Y. Flynn, Mr. John A., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Folger, Mr. M. Glenn, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Folger, Mrs. M. Glenn, (Geraldine Wood), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Foster, Mrs. "Warren Skinner, (Sophia Cary Wilkinson), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Forbes, Mrs. George (Mary G. Roach), Elkridge, Howard Co., Md. Fowler, Mr. Benjiman M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Fox, Mr. J. Schuyler, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. France, Mrs. Albert W. (Helen G. Newkirk), Hyde Park, N. Y. Freeborn, Miss Wilhelmina, Tivoli, N. Y. Frissel, Mr. Algernon Sydney, 530 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 61
Gardner, The Hon. Frank L., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gardner, Mrs. Frank L., (Edith M. Young), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gardner, Mr. J. W. Rhinebeck, N. Y. Gardner, Miss Nina C., Poughquag, N. Y. Garrison, M. Cornelius W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gellert, Mr. Edward, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gellert, Mr. William Livingston, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gillet, Mrs. Louis A., (Helen Kent), Beacon, N. Y. Glass, Miss Adelaide V., Chelsea-on-Hudson, N. Y. Gleason, The Hon. Daniel J., Millerton, N. Y. Goring, Miss Mary C., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Graham, Miss Heloise, Fishkill, N. Y. Grubb, The Hon. John Bodden, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Guernsey, Mr. Raymond G., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Gurney, Mrs. Herbert R., (Susan Pier), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hackett, Mr. Henry T., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hackett, Mrs. John, (Harriet Van Benschoten Mulford), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Hackett, Mr. John M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hackett, Mrs. John M., (Charlotte Cuineen), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hadden, Mrs. Robert S. L., (Laura Allen), Staatsburg, N. Y. Haggerty, Mr. J. Donald, Hillcrest, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Haight, Miss Anna S., Millbrook, N. Y. Haight, Miss Lida, Millbrook, N. Y. Halstead, Miss Belle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Halstead, Mr. George D., Arlington, N. Y. Halstead, Mrs. George S., (Esther E. Dickinson), Arlington, N. Y. Halstead, Miss Ida, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Halstead, Miss Ruth, Arlington, N. Y. Ham, Mr. John M., Millbrook, N. Y. Ham, Miss Sarah E., Millbrook, N. Y. Hammond, Mr. Benjamin, Beacon, N. Y. Hanna, Mr. John A., Dover Plains, N. Y. Hapeman, Mr. Elmer 0., Red Hook, N. Y. Harrington, James T., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hart, Mr. Frederick H. M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hart, Mrs. Frederick H. M., (Julia Gardiner) ; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hart, Mr. Herbert, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hart, Mrs. Herbert (Sara Forman), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hart, Mr. W. C., Walden, N. Y. Hart, Miss Mary A., Arlington, N. Y. Hasbrouck, The Hon. Frank, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hasbrouck, Mrs. Louis P., (Elizabeth Herrick), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hassett, Mr. Thomas Jr., Beacon, N. Y. 62
Haviland„ Mr. Benjamin H., -Hyde Park, N. Y. Baviland, Miss Caroline E., Millbrook, N. Y. Hawley, Mr. Earle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hawley, H. Reed, M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hawley, Mrs. H. Reed, (Lillian Frost), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hays, Mrs. William J., Millbrook, N. Y. Heaton, Mr. Adna F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Herge, The Rev. Charles, Fishkill, N. Y. Herrick, Mr. Frank, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Herrick, Mrs. Frank, (Sarah Reed), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Hewes, Mr. E. D., Beacon, N. Y. Hicks, Miss Mary C., New Hackensack, N. Y. Hill, Miss Alice, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Hill, Mr. John J., Millerton, N. Y. Hinkley, Miss Rhoda, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hoag, Mrs. F. Philip, (Mary B. Tracy), Poughquag, N. Y. Hopkins, The Hon. Charles A., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Howard, Mr. Frank B., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Howard, Mrs. Frank B., (Sarah Taylor), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hoysradt, Mr. Willet E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Hoyt, Mr. Gerald Livingston, Staatsburg, N. Y. Hughes, Mr. Edwin B., Staatsburg, N. Y. Hummel, Mr. William L., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Hunt, Mr. Thomas, Tivoli, N. Y. Hunt, Mrs. Thomas, (Helen Jewett), Tivoli, N. Y. Huntington, Mrs. Robert P. (Helen G.), Staatsburg, N. Y. Hurd, Mrs. Jay, Pawling, N. Y. Rusted, Mr. Chester, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Husted, Mrs May W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Irving, Miss Beatrice S., Hughsonville, N. Y. Ivory, Miss Annie, Beacon, N. Y. Jackman, Mr. David K., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Jackman, Miss Lena, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Janes, Mrs. John M., (Susau De La Vergne Baldwin), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Jennings, Mrs. George, Beacon, N. Y. Jewett, Miss Harriet Roosevelt, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Johnston, Mrs. Robert, (Mary Adams), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Jones, Mr. E. Powis, Barrytown, N. Y. Jones, Mrs. Evelyn Brinckerhoff, Fishkill, N. Y. Joseph, Mrs. Harold K. (Charlotte), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Judson, Miscs Lenore, Beacon, N. Y. Judson, Mr. William H., Rhinebeck, N. Y. 63
Keane, Mrs. John M., (Alice Van Houten), Beacon, N. Y. Kearn, Mrs. Akin M., Beacon, N. Y. Kenyon, Mrs. Clarence, (Emma Kelsey), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Kenyon, Miss Helen, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Kerley, Mr. Albert F., Red Hook, N. Y. Kerley, Charles G., M. D.; 132 West 81st Street, New York City. Kerr, Mr. James A., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Kilmer, Miss Everetta, Beacon, N. Y. Kip, Mr. William R., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Kitts, Mrs. John Franklin Knapp, Mr. Elbert, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Knapp, George A., V. S.; Mil'brook, N. Y. Knapp, Mrs. George A., (Marie Van Wagner), Millbrook, N. Y. Krieger, Mr. George W., Jr., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Krieger, Mrs. George W., Jr., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lacy, Mrs. F. H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lamont, Miss Elizabeth K., Mill brook, N. Y. Lamont, Miss Mary S., Beacon, N. Y. Lamont, Miss Nancy M., Beacon, N Y. Landis, Mrs. George (Abigail Stapleford), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Landon, The Hon. Francis G., 60 Broadway, New York City. Lane, Mr. Silas, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lane, Charles E., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Langdon, Mrs. Woodbury G., 399 Park Avenue, New York City. Lawlor, Mr. Thomas F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lawson, Miss Olga A., New Hamburgh, N. Y. Lawton, Miss Alice 0., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. LeRoy, Irving Deyo, M. D.: Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Livingston, Mr. Edward de Peyster, 271 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Livingston, Mr. Goodhue, 527 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Lloyd, Mr. Henry, Jr., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lloyd, Ralph I., M. D.; 14 Eighth Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Losee, Mr. Lewis H., 188 Montague Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lown, Mr. Clarence, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lown, Mr. Frank B., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lubert, Miss Mary C., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Lumb, Mr. Henry T., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lundy, Mrs. Theodore C., Beacon, N. Y. Lynch, Mr. James E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Lynch, Mr. Thomas M., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. MacCracken, Henry Noble, LL.D.; President's House, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. MacDougal, Miss Alice T., Amenia, N. Y. 64
MacDougal, Mrs. M. T., Amenia, N. Y. Mack, Mr. John E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. MacKenzie, David Hugh, M. D.; Millbrook, N. Y. MacKenzie, Mrs. David Hugh, (Helen Coffin), Mil'brook, N. Y. Macomber, Miss Mary J., Millbrook, N. Y. Magill, Mr. H. N. W., Port Jefferson, L. I., New York. Maher, Mr. Richard F., Dover Plains, N. Y. McCaleb, Miss Ella, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Maloney, Mr. Richard J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Maloney, Mrs. Richard J., (Catharine Thorn Akin), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mapes, Mrs. Stephen S., (Bertha Hoag), Beacon, N. Y. Martin, Mrs. Howard Townsend (Justine dePeyster), 863 Park Avenue, New York City. Masten, Mr. G. Edward, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Masten, Mrs. G. Edward, Pleasant Valley, N. Y. Massonneau, Mr. William S., Red Hook, N. Y. Masters, Mr. Francis R., 925 Park Avenue, New York City. McCaleb, Miss Ella, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. McCann, Mr. Charles, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. McKinley, The Rev. Howard, Beacon, N. Y. McKinley, Mrs. Howard, Beacon, N. Y. McKinley, Mr. Robert, Glenham, N. Y. McKinley, Mrs. Robert, Glenham, N. Y. Merritt, Mr. Allen Douglas, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Merritt, Miss Caroline V., Millbrook, N. Y. Merritt, Mr. Douglas, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Merritt, Mrs. Douglass, (Elizabeth Cleveland Coxe), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Merritt, Miss Ethel Douglas, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Merritt, Mrs. George W., (Alice Thorne), Millbook, N. Y. Miller, George N., M. D.; Rhinebeck, N. Y. Miller, Mr. Theodore H., Kingwood Park, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Minard, Mrs. .Elias G., (Mary Adriance), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Monahan, Miss Margaret, Pawling, N. Y. Moon, Mr. Ward C., M. Pd., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Moore, Mr. Thomas R., Shekomeko, N. Y. Morgan, Mr. Frederick North, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Morgan, Miss Ruth, Staatsburg, N. Y. Morgenthau, Mrs. Henry (Josephine Sykes), Hopewell Junction, N. Y. Morgenthau, Mr. Henry, Jr., Wiccopee, N. Y. Morschauser, The Hon. Joseph, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Morse, Mr. E. Darwin, Amenia, N. Y. Myers, Mr. Henry, Hyde Park, N. Y. Myers, Mr. Ralph W., Hyde Park, N. Y. Mygatt, Miss Laura, Amenia, N. Y. Mylod, Mr. John J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. • 65
Mylod, Miss Mary V., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Mylod, Mr. Philip A., Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Mylod, Thomas F., M. D.; 580 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Naylor, Mrs. George, Jr., Peekskill, N. Y. Nelson, Mr. Harry, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Newbold, Miss Edith, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Newbold, Mr. Frederick R., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Newcomb, Miss Alice C., Hotel Bossert, Brooklyn, N. Y. Nightingale, Mrs. Lionel G. (Miklred Cark), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Norris, Mr. Oakley I., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. O'Connell, Mr. Edward C., Barrytown, N. Y. Olivet, Mrs. George D. (Susan D. Myers), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Olivet, Miss Florence W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Olmsted, Miss Julia C., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Olmsted, Miss Mary A., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Olney, Mrs. Amy G., Staatsburg, N. Y. Osbourne, Mrs. George L., (Eleanor E. Bartlett), Millbrook, N. Y. Ostrander, Mr. A. B., 501 West 182d Street, New York City. Overocker, The Hon. George, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Parker, Mrs. Cecil, Hyde Park, N. Y. Parks, Mrs. Arthur A., (Blanche J.), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Patterson, John E., D. D. S.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Peckham, Alva Lawrence, M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Peckham, Mrs Alva Lawrence, (Margaret Chisholm), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Perkins, Mr. Edward Elsworth, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Pinckney, Mr 0. C., Hopewell Junction, N. Y. Pinckney, Mrs. 0. C. (Mildred Meyer), Hopewell Junction, N. T. Pinkham, Mr. Herbert, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Pitcher, Mr. Conrad N., 148 West 38th Street, New York City. Platt, The Hon. Edmund, 1337 Ashmead Place, Washington, D. C. Platt, Mr. Francis Wheeler, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Potts, Mrs. Peter F., (Mary Elmendorf), Red Hook, N. Y. Poucher, Mr. Franklin J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Poucher, Mrs. Franklin J. (Eleanor Graeme Taylor), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Poucher, John Wilson, M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Poucher, Mrs. John Wilson, (Catherine DuBois LeFevre), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Pray, Mrs. William H., (Alice Schmidt), LaGrangeville, N. Y. Rapalje, Mr. John, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. 66
Raymond, Mr. Sidney W., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reagan, Mr. William J., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reed, Miss Julia, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Reese, Miss Margaret M., Hughsonville, N. Y. Reynolds, Mr. Allen Stanley, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reynolds, Mr. Augustus R., Poughquag, N. Y. Reynolds, Miss Helen Wilkinson, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reynolds, Mrs. Jesse, Dover Plains, N. Y. Reynolds, Mr. Paul Innis, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reynolds, Mrs. Paul Innis, (Dorothy Titus), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Reynolds, Mr. William C., 227 Jefferson Avenue, New York City. Richie, E. R., M. D.; Brewster, N. Y. Rikert, Mr. R. Raymond, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Ringwood, Mr. John F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Roach, Mrs. William M., The Homestead, Chester, Pa. Roberts, Miss Edith A., Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. bake, Miss Harry, (Jessie E. Lawton, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Robinson, Mr. John B., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Robinson, Mrs. John B. (Winifred Krieger), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Robinson, Miss Mae L., Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Robinson, Mr. Samuel Irving, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Rogers, Colonel Archibald, Hyde Park, N. Y. Rogers, Mrs. Archibald, (Anne C. Coleman), Hyde Park, N. Y. Rogers, Mr. Henry W., 82 Fulton Street, New York City. Roosevelt, The Hon. Franklin Delano, Hyde Park, N. Y. Roosevelt, Mrs. James (Sara Delano), Hyde Park, N. Y. Roosevelt, Mr. James Roosevelt, Hyde Park, N. Y. Rosenkranz, Mr. Lewis, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Ruppert, Mr. Jacob, 1116 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Russell, Miss Ina G., Upper Red Hook, N. Y. Ryan, Miss Geraldine B. W., Tivoli, N. Y. Ryan, Miss Eva Emily, Tivoli, N. Y. Sabin, Miss Mary Beekman, 2473 Davidson Avenue, New York City. Sackett, Mrs. Susan, Millbrook, N. Y. Sadlier, James E., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sadlier, Mrs. James E. (Harriet Millspaugh), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sage, Mrs. William F., (Cornelia DuBois), Beacon, N. Y. Salberg, Mr. George G., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sawyer, Miss Harriet, Alumnae House, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Schickle, Mr. William, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Schier, Mrs. Frank (Eva Cuyler Staats), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Schoonmaker, Mr. Allendorph, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Schoonmaker, Mrs. A. Allendorph, (Addie Mallory), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 67
Schrader, Mr. Gustavus A., Beacon, N. Y. Schrader, Mrs. Gustavus A., (Florence Bond), Beacon, N. Y. Schryver, Mr. Henry B., Hyde Park, N. Y. Schryver, Mr. M. V. B., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Schwartz, Mr. John Rupley, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Schwartz, Mrs. John Rupley, (Anne LeFevre Poucher), Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Schwartz, Mr. Joseph L., 53 Locust Hill Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Scofield, Mrs. Frank L., (Maud Round), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Scofield, Mrs. Howard, Beacon, N. Y. Scott, Mr. Walter, Madalin, N. Y. Seaman, Mrs. George, (Irmingarde Van Horn Freeman), Beacon, N. Y. Sedgwick, Mrs. Dwight R., Freedom Plains, N. Y. Sheahan, The Rev. Joseph F., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sheldon, Mrs. Obed, Millbrook, N. Y. Sheldon, Mrs. William H., (Winifred Storm), Salt Point, N. Y. Sherow, Mr. Norman W., 52 Vesey Street, New York City. Sherwood, Mr. Charles D., Brinckerhoff, N. Y. Sherwood, Mrs. Charles D., (Annie Cotheal), Brinckerhoff, N. Y. Sherwood, Mr. Louis, 15 Exchange Place, Jersey City, N. J. Simpson, Mrs. Albert A., (Elizabeth Campbell), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sisson, Mr. Harry T., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sittenham, Mr. William, 49 West 37th St., New York City. Sittenham, Mrs. William, 49 West 37th St., New York City. Sleight, Miss Anna Ward, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sleight, Mr. Peter Roosevelt, Arlington, N. Y. Slocum, Charles J., M. D.; Beacon, N. Y. Smith, Mr. Bertram L., Beacon, N. Y. Smith, Mrs. Bertram L., Beacon, N. Y. Smith, Mr. De Cost, Amenia, N. Y. Smith, Mr. Grant E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Smith, Mr. J. Henry, Wassaic, N. Y. Smith, Miss M. Elizabeth, Millbrook, N. Y. Smith, Mr. Philip H. Waddell, 642 Grove Street, Sewickley, Pa. Smith, Mr. Robert C., Arlington, N. Y. Smith, Mrs. Robert C., Arlington, N. Y. Smith, Mr. William DeGarmo, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Spoor, Mr. Lloyd E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Spratt, The Hon. George V. L., Poughkeepsie, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Sproul, Mrs. William C., (Emeline Roach), Chester, Pa. Spurling, Mr. Sumner Nash, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Spurling, Mrs. Sumner Nash, (Genevieve Brown), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Stanley, Mrs. Arthur F., (Mildred Knapp), Salt Point, N. Y. Stearns, Mr. Vincent D., Beacon, N. Y. Stearns, Mrs. Vincent D., Beacon, N. Y. 68
Stockton, Mrs. Sanford D., (Mary H. Hahn), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Storm, Mr. Elton G., Beacon, N. Y. Stoutenburgh, Miss Elizabeth, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Stowe, Mr. James, Poughquag, N. Y. Stringham, Mr. Edward Barnes, Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Stringham, Mrs. Edward Barnes, (Susan Varick Van Wyck),Wappingers Falls, N. Y. Strong, Mr. Jacob H., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Suckley, Miss Margaret L., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Suckley, Mrs. Robert B., (Elizabeth P. Montgomery), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Swift, Mrs. Albert A., (Gertrude Birdsall), Millbrook, N. Y. Swift, Mrs. Fred H., (Helen Almy), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Swift, Mrs. Gurden, Millbrook, N. Y. Taber, Miss Alicia H., Pawling, N. Y. Taber, Mrs. Fred E., (Elizabeth), Pawling, N. Y. Taber, Miss Martha Akin, Pawling, N. Y. Teator, Mr. William S., Upper Red Hook, N. Y. Ten Broeck, Mr. Derrick W., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Thelberg, Elizabeth Burr, M. D.; Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Thew, M. Martin E., Arthursburgh, N. Y. Thew, Mrs. Martin E., Arthursburgh, N. Y. Thomas, Wiliam Sturgis, M. D.; 240 West 71st St., New York City. Thorne, Mr. Oakleigh, Millbrook, N. Y. Thorne, Mrs. Oakleigh, (Helen S. Stafford), Millbrook, N. Y. Tibbits, Mr. Carl H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Titus, Mr. Henry P., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Tompkins, Mr. E. Lakin, Beacon, N. Y. Tower, Mrs. Joseph T., (Maria Bockee Carpenter), Millbrook, N. Y. Tower, Miss Mary, Millbrook, N. Y. Traver, Mr. Merritt H., Rhinebeck, N. Y. Travis, Mr. Everett H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Triller, Mr. Charles, 109 East 35th Street, New York City. Trowbridge, 1Vriss Phebe D., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Troy, Mr. Peter H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Upton, Mrs. Edwin C., (Gay Robb), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Vail, Mr. Alonzo H., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Vail, Mrs. Lewis H., (Marietta Dusenbury), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Vail, Mr. Morgan L., Stormvile, N. Y. Van Benschoten, Mr. John E., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Van Benschoten, Mrs. John E., (Carolyn L. Butts), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Van de Bogart, Miss Mary, Red Hook, N. Y. Vandevoort, Mr. John B., Fishkill, N. Y. 69
Vandewater, Mrs. John H., Hyde Park, N. Y. Van Etten, Mrs. Cornelius S., (Sarah Hill), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Van Houten, Mrs. Frank H., (Lillian Merritt), Beacon, N. Y. Van Houten, Mr. James E., Beacon, N. Y. Van Houten, Mrs. James E., (Stella Rogers), Beacon, N. Y. Van Houten, Mrs. John M., (Mary Brinckerhoff), Beacon, N. Y. Van Kleeck, Mr. Baltus B., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Van Kleeck, Mr. Charles M., 107 East 39th Street, New York City. Van Kleeck, Mrs. Frank (Sara Sleight), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Van Nest, Major Eugene, Red Hook, N. Y. Van Vliet, Mr. Geroge S., Staatsburg, N. Y. Van Wyck, Miss Edith, Wiccopee, N. Y. Van Wyck, Mr. Edmund, Arlington, N. Y. Van Wyck, Mr. Joseph, Arlington, N. Y. Van Wyck, Mrs. Joseph, (Charlotte Bartlett), Arlington, N. Y. Verplanck, Mr. Bayard, Beacon, N. Y. Verplanck, 1VIrs. Samuel, (Katherine R. Wolcott), Beacon, N. Y. Verplanck, Mr. William E., Beacon, N. Y. Vigeant, Joseph E., M. D.; Red Hook, N. Y. Vincent, Mrs. Ralph, Millbrook, N. Y. Vincent, Mr Thomas 0., Millbrook, N. Y. Vincent, Mts. Thomas 0., (Lena Botsford), Millbrook, N. Y. Waldo, Miss Helen, Hopewell Junction, N. Y. Wallace, Miss Levinia, Hyde Park, N. Y. Ware, Miss Caroline, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Waterman, Mrs. George B., (Katherine B. Hawley), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Webb, The Hon. J. Griswold, Clinton Corners, N. Y. Wells, Miss Caroline Thorn, Rhinebeck, N. Y. Wettereau, Mr. William N., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wey, Mrs. William F., (Eliza Traver), Rhinebeck, N. Y. Weyant, Mr. Morrison V R., Hyde Park, N. Y. Weyant, Mrs. Morrison V. R., Hyde Park, N. Y. Wheaton, Mr. Isaac Smith, Lithgow, Amenia, N. Y. Wheaton, Mrs. Isaac Smith, (Helen M. Fairchild), Lithgow, Amenia, N.Y. Wheeler, Mrs. Everett P., (Alice Gilman), New Hamburgh, N. Y. White, Miss Frances E., 2 Pierpont Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. White, Mrs. Henry S., (Mary W. Gleason), Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wiberly, Mr. George, 52 Waller Avenue, White Plains, N. Y. Wilber, Mr. David N., Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wilber, Mrs. David N., (Elizabeth Howe), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wilber, Mr. Daniel Webster, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wilber, Mrs. Daniel Webster, (Mary G. Conklin), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 70
Wilbur, Mr. James B., Sharon, Conn. Wilcox, Mr. E. P., 59 West 85th St., New York City and Stanfordville, N.Y. Willis, Mrs. William H., Hughsonville, N. Y. Wilson, John S., M. D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wintringham, Mr. H. C., Millerton, N. Y. Wodell, Miss Katherine, Millbrook, N. Y. Wodell, Miss Katherine Hall, 30 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, Conn. Wodell, Mr. Silas, Millbrook, N. Y. Wodell, Mrs. Silas, (Ethel Paul), Millbrook, N. Y. Workman, Mr. Wiliam J., New Hamburgh, N. Y. Worrall, Mr. George, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Worrall, Mrs. George, (Mary Lake), Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Wylie, Miss Laura Johnson, Ph.D.; Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Zabriskie, Mrs. Andrew C., (Frances Hunter), Barrytown, N. Y.
Members Lost by Death 1925 - 1926 John Erskine Adriance William Allen Adriance Edgar Briggs Mrs. George E. Collingwood Charles Adams Colton Clarence A. Fowler Thomson E. Goring Henry A. Gribbon, M. D. John M. Janes Mrs. John R. Kaley Mrs. Irving D. LeRoy John Leverett Moore, Ph.D. The Reverend Edward P. Newton, S. T. D. D. Remsen Robinson Walter G. Ryon, M. D. Robert M. Willson Miss Annie Weir Young
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ERRATA Year Book, 1925, page 13: for Mrs. Gertrude Livingston Hoyt" substitute "Mrs. Geraldine Livingston Hoyt"; for "front" substitute "font"; page 14: for "Gertrude Livingston Hoyt" substitute "Geraldine Livingston Hoyt"; for "son of Ruth Mills" substitute "husband of Ruth Livingston Mills".
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